What type of audience did shakespeare gear his plays towards when writing?

a) the intellectuals
b) the royals
c) the lower class
d) all of the above

Shakespeare geared his plays towards all classes.  Hope this helps!

D. All of the above is probably the best answer.

However, he did play for the rich and poor.

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment