How William Shakespeare Changed Over Time

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William Shakespeare is considered as one of the greatest writer in the world, that once lived. He wrote so many plays and sonnets and to be more exact, it was 37 plays and 154 sonnets. William Shakespeare did not only write plays, he also acted them out, he was an actor and performed at the Global Theater. He was born in April 23, 1564 at Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom and died at April 23, 1616 at the same place he was born. He had three nicknames, Bard of Avon, Swan of Avon and The Bard. Also, he was educated at the King’s New School. Shakespeare was baptized in April 26, 1564 at Stratford-upon-Avon, England. From 1594 forward he started to be an important member of Lord Chamberlain’s Men company of theatrical players. All that we can tell, is that over 20 years, Shakespeare was able to capture the entire sense of human emotions, feelings and problems. …show more content…
William Shakespeare is different from some other people that for some reason, changed something in the world, there is a big part of his life that people didn’t discovered yet and he changed the world of theater, by being himself and acting out or writing down human emotion and feelings, by showing the real art. Plays, poems and sonnets is one way that people, historians used and still uses to discover more about him, about his life. William Shakespeare was the third child of John Shakespeare (his father), which was a leather merchant and Mary Arden, (his mother), and she was a local handed heiress. He had 2 older sister and 3 younger brothers, Joan and Judith, Gilbert, Richard and Edmund. His father’s fortune came down in the late 1570s. William got married to Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582 in the Worcester, in Canterbury

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