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    William Shakespeare is a historical man, we still read his writing today in so many different ways. William has many unknown facts about him. For example, his life, works, achievements, impact and impacts on him, and his political and social background. This is just a little part of his career. Everyone knows about William Shakespeare, the famous writer and poet, but do you know about his home life. There will continually be a lot of everyday questions that no one will be able to answer…

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    The Mysteries of Shakespeare William Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world ‘s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” (As You Like It). Or did he? In this line, William Shakespeare compares this world to a stage, and he states that all men and women are only actors and actresses on the stage of this world. With so little known about the real William Shakespeare, the respected English poet, playwright, and actor, doubters started questioning the true identity of the writer behind…

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    Scene VII). William Shakespeare, himself, knew these many parts. In his life he played an actor, a husband, a writer and some say he even played a thief and a fraud. “For today 's public, of course, Shakespeare is to literary genius what Mozart is to music and Leonardo to painting.”(Doug Stewart, To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare) William Shakespeare, though uneducated and from an average upbringing, has impacted the English language though his playwriting and prose. Shakespeare 's life begins…

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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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    play MACBETH – by William Shakespeare About the author (a short biography) William Shakespeare (1564-1616) s0n 0f J0hn Shakespeare a successful l0cal businessman and Mary Arden the daughter 0f a land0wner,0ften called `The Bard 0f Av0n', was an english p0et and playwright wh0 wr0te the fam0us 154 S0nnets and numer0us highly successful 0ft qu0ted dramatic w0rks. William Shakespeare was b0rn in Stratf0rd-up0n-Av0n 0n 23rd April 1564 t0 relatively…

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    William Shakespeare, one of the famous playwrights in the world, wrote over 30 plays. Almost all of his plays are very well- known, such as Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well That Ends Well ,and Midsummer's Night Dream. Comedy of Errors is one of his earliest comedies. Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s most amusing plays due to the mistakes, the up and down adventure, and it's amazing, happy ending. William Shakespeare was a man with a dream and worked hard to achieve. Shakespeare was born…

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    “To be, or not to be; that is the question”. Shakespeare is asking in these 6 words a question that man has pondered for centuries. Is life worth living? Is life worth the pain, suffering, and hardships that come with it? Is facing the slings and arrows of life worth it, or is it better for a person to sleep the sleep of death and never endure the pain, suffering, and hardships that this world throws towards us. The curious story of William Shakespeare begins with his birth which for some reason…

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    William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers who ever lived. His plays and poetry have affected people for generations and have impacted history: "The gifted playwright [Shakespeare] who moves audiences to laughter and tears has also moved history" (Marche ix). His works radically changed the English language through the creation of thousands of new words and phrases. His plays addressed topics that were relevant both then and throughout history, giving them long-term popularity. This…

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    Shakespeare’s plays, but none have been truly accepted as the outright truth as there are “more than 5,000 books on the Shakespeare authorship question with more than 50 possible candidates.” (PDF from oxford) To thoroughly formulate a coherent argument towards discrediting Shakespeare and crediting Sir Francis Bacon, one must examine the backstory, and history of both Shakespeare and Bacon’s life, past and present. To begin, there is little known about William Shakespeare’s early life besides…

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    William Shakespeare was known to have no birth records. But he was baptized on April 26th, 1564, which makes scholars think he was born near or on April 23rd, 1564. Most scholars think he was born on that date so thats what they refer to when he was born. William Shakespeare was about 5’9 and around one hundred and fifty pounds according to scholars. He was right handed. He had long curly hair and a trimmed beard. He had green eyes, and he was white. William Shakespeare's home town was about…

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