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    The Life and History of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a renowned in prolific actor, play right, and poet. He is generally considered as the most influential and prominent writer of the 17th century and is known worldwide for his various famous works. However, there's much mystery surrounding William Shakespeare's life. My purpose in writing this paper is to inform on the life, works and influences of Shakespeare, and speculation surrounding his extravagant life. SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE…

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    April 26, 1564 ("William Shakespeare”). It is also presumed that Shakespeare attended the King’s New School in Stratford, which taught reading, writing, and classic literature. When Shakespeare was only eighteen, he married twenty-six-year-old, Anne Hathaway ("William Shakespeare”). The couple married on November…

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    Arden. He was one of seven children. He had three sisters named Joan, Anne, and Margaret. He also had three brothers named Richard, Edmund, and Gilbert. The children's father, John, was elected bailiff or mayor. As William grew up, he married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 and Anne was 26. They had three children named Hamnet, Susanna, and Judith. He began to start a career of being a teacher. He later started a new career of being a playwright. After a many years to become a known playwright.…

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    As depicted by the countless sold copies of this sort, tragedies appeal to the pathos of human pity. Having been distinguished from their beginning in ancient Greece, when authors such as Sophocles and Homer wrote rhetorics that are still being taught today. In fact, famous, talented Elizabethan playwright, William Shakespeare is best known for his tragedies including the acclaimed Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, it is no surprise that he exquisitely produced the play “Othello”, illustrating the…

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    William Shakespeare is one of the highly cherished brilliant writers of all times. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in English literature. Besides, he is a prominent dramatist, poet, actor and a playwright. He is widely acknowledged for his contribution in the drama and writing history as a fiction writer and his use of literal devices in his works. Among his best works are a drama known as “The Tragical History of Hamlet” or simply Hamlet. Hamlet is the longest of all Shakespeare’s…

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    Even now, Shakespeare is quoted, all the “live long day”(Julius Caesar). In books, television shows and movies, you can find Shakespeare’s words and influence. He introduced more than 3,000 words to the English language. Without even realizing it, our everyday speech is full of words and phrases used in his plays and poems. In “one fell swoop”(Macbeth) or thirty-seven plays and one hundred and fifty four sonnets, Shakespeare changed the way the English word was written and spoken, and those…

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    He married Anne Hathaway at the age of eighteen, who gave birth to their first daughter six months into their marriage. After the birth of twins Judith and Hamnet, Anne stayed in Stratford with her children as Shakespeare left for London. Little information was ever found…

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    Shakespeare was born in April 23, 1564 in a small market town of Stratford-upon-Avon. He died on his birthday in 1616. During his life, Shakespeare’s father became the bailiff which is the mayor in 1568. Williams attended the Stratford grammar school and spent 9 hours a day in school. Also he was to study Latin because it was neccessary for certain jobs and was a sign of an educated person. He was a country boy and enjoyed gardening, horsebackriding, and archery. He like lawn bowling the best.…

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    William Hawkins was the captain of Hector in the third voyage set forth by the East India Company (1607). Not much is known about his early life except that, he had previously been in the West Indies and that he had been for some time in the Levant and knew Turkish. The only known person of his family is his brother Charles. Hawkins has been called and generally thought to be a professional sailor or a “bluff sea captain” as he was the commander of Hector. However this was not exactly the case…

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    William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford England. William was a part of a men’s theatrical group for his artistry. Over 20 years, Shakespeare wrote plays that conflict the complete range of “human emotion and conflict”. Nobody has any birth records of William Shakespeare, the only record they have is when he was baptized at the “Holy Trinity Church”. They think he was born around April 23rd, 1564. Williams record has no evidence or anything on his education. They know…

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