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When Shakespeare's plays were first performed, was the average theater goer able to sufficiently understand the dialog to be able to follow the plot and understand the character's motivations?

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What were the young men studying medicine at a university during 1700s and 1800s England actually taught?

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12th century religious art ( European) depicted individuals with a uniformly bland expression, why is this?

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When Shakespeare's plays were first performed, was the average theater goer able to sufficiently understand the dialog to be able to follow the plot and understand the character's motivations?	1101
What were the young men studying medicine at a university during 1700s and 1800s England actually taught?	37
12th century religious art ( European) depicted individuals with a uniformly bland expression, why is this?	20