William Shakespeare Research Paper

Decent Essays
Raul Molina
Mrs.lovell
English 2
4/30/18

William Shakespeare Many people back then did not have nothing to entertain themselves with, until acting and playwriting came into the theaters that were built around the city's..When playwriting and acting were introduced to the world, they made a big impact in society.There was one playwright and actor that to this day a lot of people still admire and remember about being one of the best playwright and actor of all time, and that is William Shakespeare.Even though many people still have questions over William Shakespeare’s life and career, William Shakespeare was great at what he did during his early, middle, and end life. Early life
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The records show that William Shakespeare studied at King Edward VI school, Stratford-upon-Avon where he taught reading, writing and the classics.After his education, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582, in Worcester, in Canterbury Province.They later had their first child, a daughter they named Susanna which was born on May 26, 1583.Then two years later, on February 2, 1585, they had twins named Hamnet and Judith were born, but then Hmanet later died of unknown causes at age 11.Then after William Shakespeare created his family he started pursuing his career.Early in his career, William Shakespeare was able to attract Henry Wriothesley attention, the Earl of Southampton, because he dedicated his first- and second-published poems.As soon as this happened, William Shakespeare knew he was going the correct way in his career because he knew “To climb a steep hills requires slow pace at …show more content…
"The 21 Best William Shakespeare Quotes | Deseret News." DeseretNews.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2018.Civil records.With all these strong decisions and actions that William Shakespeare, he was able to purchase his second largest house in Stratford, which he named New House, for his family.It was a four-day ride by horse from William Shakespeare to get to London from Stratford.Since William Shakespeare was always in the city it was believed that William Shakespeare spent most of his time in the city writing and acting and came home only once a year during the 40-day Lenten period, when the theaters were closed.By 1599, William Shakespeare and his business partners decided to build their own theater on the South Bank of the Thames River, which they named the Globe.The Globe was opened in 1599, and it became the playhouse where his audience first saw some of his first and best known plays.At this theater many of William shakespeare plays were performed.Sadly though in 1613, William Shakespeare's Globe theater burned to the ground when the roof caught on fire during one of the performance of Shakespeare plays, but William Shakespeare knew that “What’s done can’t be undone.”Mark. "Mark." Famous Quotes | Love

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