Shakespeare is regarded as the best English playwright who until now has been known. ... Shakespeare was born into a wealthy family is that his father John Shakespeare was a businessman and his mother Mary Arden came from a wealthy family, but later came adversity and John Shakespeare was devoted to a butcher with the help of their children . ... Shakespeare had not ceased to grow their readings among the most stressed of Montaigne. After this William Shakespeare began writing his works. ... In 1602 he wrote a good beginning Ends Well, Troilus and grown and Hamlet. ...

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The Shakespeare Authorship Controversy Historians and scholars since the time of the Renaissance have questioned the authorship of Shakespeare's works. ... Profile of Shakespeare 2 Because the characteristics of Shakespeare are so specific, there has yet to be found the author that fits this persona. Shakespeare's works were published from 1593-1623. ... Some examples of this are Hamlet, which was taken from the French Histoires Tragiques; the French dialogue contained in Henry V; Othello, which was based on the 3 Italian Hecatommithi; and both The Rape of Lucrece and Th...

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Many critics regard "King Lear" as the greatest, and most tragic, of William Shakespeare's plays; indeed, some claim that it is the most tragic play ever written. ... In our eagerness to identify with Shakespeare's characters, we run the risk of bringing them down to our own level. ... But as Shakespeare presents it, the problem runs deeper. ... The powerfully tragic vision of King Lear is rooted in Shakespeare's understanding of political life, its limitations and its demands. ... Shakespeare repeats this pattern in Lear's appearances in act 4. ...

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