The world has come to accept that William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, during the year of 1564. ... It has been accepted [for the most part] that William Shakespeare attended the Stratford grammar school. ... The reason being is when William Shakespeare was thirteen his father suffered business losses. ... William Shakespeare married Ann Hathaway in November 1582 at the age of eighteen. ... William Shakespeare would semi-retire from London life some time around 1610 (Reedy and Kathman). ...

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The Less Famous Personal Life of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a well-known playwright of the Elizabethan era. ... There wasn't much talk from William of his marriage and family except for some literature of his showing apparent resemblance of him and his wife. After the birth of his twins, William seems to disappear with no records of his life between 1585 and 1592. ... In 1592, Shakespeare was known to be in London. ... Almost a month after the revision, on April 23, 1616 William Shakespeare past away. ...

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare, probably one of the most or the most well-known dramatist that has ever lived. ... So, why should people today study Shakespeare? ... Should Shakespeare be studied at schools? ... When did Shakespeare live? William Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April, 1564 to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. ...

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William Shakespeare's parents, John Shakespeare and Mary Arden raised their children in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. ... John Shakespeare was very respected and held several important positions in local government William, who had four brothers and two sisters, was the third child of John and Mary Shakespeare. ... Even though William Shakespeare is recognized as one of literature's greatest playwrights very little is actually known about him personally. ... William never published any of his plays. ... In conclusion, William Shakespeare is a famous figure in litera...

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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon, England. ... The third of eight children to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, William was there eldest son. ... William Shakespeare died of natural causes on April 26 1616. ... Later some people say that William Shakespeare took his education one step further and began to attend an excellent grammar school in Stratford upon Avon. ... Conclusion William Shakespeare is the author of the most widely admired literature. ...

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On April 26, 1564 in the prosperous English town of Stratford-upon-Avon, the first son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden was baptized and christened William Shakespeare. ... As William grew up he attended the Stratford grammar school. ... Perhaps the base for young William's later works began to take form in his early years. ... In 1596 William's only son died at age 11. ... We will likely always remain in question as to who William Shakespeare really was. ...

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By the point of adolescence, arguably every individual in the western world will have heard of William Shakespeare in one way or another- whether it be from a play that was put on by the high school drama department, or merely by seeing his name as they aimlessly flip through HBO and come across "that one Leonardo DiCaprio movie". ... Shakespeare, in a way, is a brand. ... As a result of history's tendency to reinforce this notion of superiority, William Shakespeare has been consistently described as "the greatest writer in the English language", as well as a "pre...

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Introduction William Shakespeare: one of the most well-known authors in history. ... His Life Due to the lack of preserved documentation, very little is known about William Shakespeare's life. ... Unfortunately, William's two older siblings died young. ... Very little else is known about William until the year 1592. ... His Work When most people think of William Shakespeare, they think "playwright". ...

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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote 154 sonnets. ... Shakespeare differentiates between two types of love in his sonnet sequence. ... So Shakespeare feels that not his friend but the lady was guilty in this betrayal. (Here I want to add that Mary Fitton later bore a son to William Herbert in 1601 . ... Shakespeare tries to describe with these sonnets a certain kind of hopelessness . ...

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William Shakespeare defines love in different ways in his writing as either being romantic love, lust, or mature love. ... "Romeo and Juliet" is a play written by William Shakespeare, which has a romantic love, but however, ends as a tragedy. ... Shakespeare shows the reader how love can affect a person's life when you feel strongly towards another that you would take your own life to stay with the one you love and never be separated. ...

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*Shakespeare's biography* Shakespeare was born, to all appearance, on April 1564. ... A lot of people were attracted from Stratford's surrounding as well as it did with John Shakespeare, William's father. ... William Shakespeare was the eldest and died as a fifty-two year old man. The father of William Shakespeare died in 1601 and his mother died seven years later. ... *The Age of Shakespeare* Mysterious William Shakespeare, whose writings are very valuable for England, was one of the greatest English poets. ...

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William Shakespeare, literary playwright and master of the English word is born in Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire in the heart of England on April 24, 1564. ... Shakespeare wrote his plays to appeal to Elizabethan audiences. ... Shakespeare's plays hold intricate meanings and messages. ... Clearly, studying Shakespeare's works is a valuable and rewarding experience. ... Schools, I believe, must provide students with the opportunity to experience the profound insights, perceptions and literary contributions of playwright William Shakespeare. ...

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William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, and died on the same day fifty-two years later in 1616. ... Shakespeare mostly worked on his poems and plays during 1589-1613. ... Shakespeare was the son of John and Mary. ... Which is why Shakespeare didn't attend university. ... In 1616, Shakespeare died in Stratford. ...

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There is ample reason to support either side; some believe that William Shakespeare, born in Stratford-upon-Avon is the true author of these masterpieces, while others consider the creator to be another. It may well be that the true author of these works is William Shakespeare, and there is substantial evidence to verify this opinion. ... Additionally, the editors of Shakespeare's works were the two editors featured in his will, tying further connection to William Shakespeare as the author. ... It is argued that William Shakespeare could not have known the slang of the many different g...

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No one questions the fact that William Shakespeare is a pure genius when it comes to creating immortal characters whose characteristics transcends those of the normal supernatural beings, but most students of literature agree that his uses of the supernatural aren't merely figments of his creative imagination. ... Shakespeare was clearly influenced by his race. ... However, Shakespeare's happy enthusiasm didn't last. ... Shakespeare, however, didn't end his days in mental gloom. ... William Shakespeare was a genius. ...

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So it also has a bit of his personal life, as it can be said that very little is known about the personal life of William Shakespeare. ... In the first, it describes and explains the relevant historical, social, political and cultural conditions of the times in which he lived William Shakespeare. ... After this William Shakespeare began writing his works. ... Undoubtedly the highlight was William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, this play is about two young men who fall in love but it has great obstacle to be together, the enmity between their families. ... The play Romeo and Juliet gav...

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Seuss to William Shakespeare, English poetry has the ability to speak to us in ways that are remarkably genuine. ... In William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 60,"" Shakespeare explores the phenomenon of time and the different gears in which it shifts throughout the maturation and development of one's lifetime. ... Shakespeare's medium for inquisitiveness in "Sonnet 60- is the use of imagery- his choice of imagery in specific. ... The ideal of nativity, one's homeostatic state of physical and mental being, is where Shakespeare's second quatrain of the sonnet begins. ... One cou...

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Franklin 1 Tiffany Franklin Coach Short EH 9-3 7 October 2002 William Shakespeare No one really knows when William Shakespeare was born. ... The house on Henley Street in Stratford, owned by William's father, John, is accepted as Shakespeare's birthplace, but, because John Shakespeare owned one house on Greenhill Street and two houses on Henley Street, the exact location of William's birth cannot be known for certain. ... It's most likely that William planned the funeral for his younger brother, because William would have been the only Shakespeare wealthy enough to...

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Biography of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest playwright of all time. ... William Shakespeare was born in 1564 on the 23rd of April in Stratford-upon-Avon. William spent a good deal of his life in this town and for most of his life keep a house here even when he was needed in London because of his career. In November of 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who was the daughter of a local farmer. ... Shakespeare died at the age of 52 on April 23rd in1616 and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church on the same day that he was born. ...

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Continuing a tradition that has stood for centuries, William Shakespeare is in this day and age considered one of the greatest authors of all time. ... (Shakespeare's Characters, 470) As Shakespeare introduces other characters the reader finds that Olivia herself will not accept the love of Duke Orsino because she is grieving over the loss of her brother. ... Although he was not alive at the same time as Shakespeare, Harold Bloom argues, "Like all the other strongest plays by Shakespeare, Twelfth Night is of no genre.""... (Shakespeare's Characters, 466) Just as Shakespeare'...

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William was a great English playwright, dramatist, and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. ... Shakespeare was to use courtly English, street slang and his own local dialect. ... For the other hand, Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. ... Another key thing to remember, Shakespeare exemplifies and demonstrates this. ... In 1623, the year in which Shakespeare's First Folio was published. ...

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2 The Life of William Shakespeare During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in April of 1564, William Shakespeare was born to Mary and John Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire (Martin 16). ... William was Mary and John's third child. ... William's father was an important citizen, so William probably had a fairly privileged childhood (Martin 17). ... Shakespeare made his living among players (Levi 53). ... Shakespeare's fame became so great that even plays he did not write were put out under his name (Martin 83). 5 Finally, at the age of 52, on what is general...

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Shakespeare's works have an incredible value within them. ... William Shakespeare is recognized by much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. ... Shakespeare basically summarized human emotion in sixty page poems. ... Shakespeare's plays hold complex meanings and messages. ... Schools, I believe, must provide students with the opportunity to experience the profound insights, perceptions and literary contributions of William Shakespeare. ...

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