Who do we think of when we think of praised stories of human drama, comedy, and romantic sonnets? Who created Romeo and Juliet? Who grew up during the Elizabethan Era era? Who was born 100 miles northwest of London? William Shakespeare,that’s who. William Shakespeare was one of the greatest English writers in all world and is an extraordinary creator in the human history. William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in a medieval market town called Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, six years after Queen Elizabeth. He was not born into a family of significant wealth. His mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a landowner from a neighboring village. His father,John Shakespeare son of a farmer, was a glove maker and trader. An interesting …show more content…
Shakespeare was 18 years old. Together they had three children. Their names Were Susanna, Hamnet and Judith were twins. Their first child was Susanna who was born six months after their wedding, Then Hamnet and Judith were born in January, 1585. They were fraternal twins. Hamnet was the only son of William and Anne, but tragically he died at the age of 11 of unknown …show more content…
By early 1592 Shakespeare had begun working as an actor. When the theaters were closed, because of plague during much of 1593 to 1594, Shakespeare used non-dramatic poetry only when the theater had forced closings. His first extant play was The Comedy of Errors (1590). His most famous works of literature were: Hamlet(1603) , Macbeth (April 1611), Romeo and Juliet,(1597) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (January 1160) Othello,(1565), King Lear, (December 26, 1606) and the Tempest(1610–11). There is more extraordinary work from him, but these are the most important. His literary works were based on comedy, history, tragedy and poetry. The book that was most interesting to me is Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about two young lovers. Their families were against their relationship, but they decided to stay together no matter what. At the end of the book they decided to commit suicide because of all problems they were facing between their families and the people that didn’t approve their love. This is one of my favorites poetry of him because it is an interesting story. It's about young people just like me.This book is not written in my own language. It's quite understandable and that’s what I liked
William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, to his two parents John and Mary Shakespeare in Stratford England where he remained for the rest of his childhood. Shakespeare's date of birth is unknown but April 23 is widely agreed upon because his baptism was performed shortly after. He was the oldest of 5 siblings because his earliest two siblings died young. Shakespeare was the son of a well-off and known family which meant he likely attended a grammar school up until he was 15 years old. Years later, William Shakespeare met his wife Anne Hathaway, and had three children.
William was born in 1028, in France, part of the Duchy of Normandy. His father was Robert I, Duke of Normandy, his mother; was the daughter of a local tenner. When his father died, William was made Duke of Normandy in 1035 notwithstanding he was at the age of seven years. At the age of twenty years, William nearly lost the title of his cousin, Guy of Burgundy, Guy had gathered the support of a number of nobles and formed an army to defeat William.
“William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 in the small village of Stratford-on-Avon. There is no official record of his birthday, but he was christened on april 26, 1564. His name as given was Gulielmus Shaksper. Gulielmus was the scribe’s Latin spelling of William.
Over many centuries, William Shakespeare created numerous plays and poems that are still well known to this day. His works are just as popular today as they were back in his time. Shakespeare’s adventurous and somewhat crazy life was just as intriguing as his work. William Shakespeare is said to be one of the most interesting men from his era.
The term “William Shakespeare” never fails to stimulate the mentality of an individual, whether he be a professional intellectual or an ordinary human being. Some instantaneously cringe at the superfluous, convoluted early English associated with this name while others are rapturously reminded of the eloquent tales and conquests that are infinitely branded with his name. And, indeed, behind this powerful name exists a powerful man: the English-born William Shakespeare. However, in order to truly understand the nature of a man, one must first endeavor to contemplate his history, his character, and precisely what rendered him magnificent. Incontestably, it was Shakespeare’s origin, his character, his facility and his very transformation of the
William Shakespeare is one of the world’s greatest writers but he isn’t known for just one genre. Shakespeare was popular in many genres: tragedy, comedy, history, and romance. Two of the most popular comedies he wrote were Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Both are light hearted and enjoyable because of their humor and romance elements. Twelfth Night is a play about confusion, love triangles, and goofing around.
They all had different genres. The genres were tragedy, comedy, romance and history. Some of his famous plays are Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. I’m going to focus on the genres of comedy and tragedy. I have listed a few plays below that I will use as reference.
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an actor, poet, and playwright, but he did so much more than that. He changed psychology, the english language, theater, writing, and created thousands of words we still use today. William Shakespeare wrote and acted in his plays during the Renaissance, which was a time from the 1300s until the 1600s when ideas of society changed. During the Renaissance, a new concept started to form that changed society which was humanism.
He made a whole list of poems, plays, and stories that would make him one of the best play writers of all and a great actor. Poems and plays like Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello and a whole lot of others. “He is a writer of great intellectual rapidity, perceptiveness, and poetic power” (Bevington, Brown, & Spencer, 2018). But not any of this success was easy for him to achieve. He had to work hard all his life to get to where he was before he passed away, he had to work hard every day and every night just to get even one of his stories made into a play, and it was harder at first to get it recommended.
Did Shakespeare write his most popular pieces? Among them are numerous sonnets and plays such as Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night. What influence him to write plays that would redefine English literature. Apart from the historical inaccuracy, Shakespeare in Love explores the notion of author intentionality in the play. Shakespeare in Love confirmed the intentional fallacy of the author intentionality criticism through historical the reinterpretation of historical events.
William Shakespeare was a actor and poet that was around for many years in face 400 years ago, and famous to this day with his dramatist outstanding plays like his famous play Romeo and Juilet. William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet sold over 4 billion copies over the world and is still sold today for schools. William Shakespeare was born on April 1564, in The United Kingdom with his three brothers and sisters Gibert, Edmund, Richard, Anne, Joan, Margaret. William Shakespeare grow up and married Anne Hathaway on May of 1583 when he was the age 18 and she was 26. William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway had three children.
For the tragidies he wrote more than 10 tragiedies but the most populaer ones are Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet. First hamlet that he had written between 1599 and 1602. Second julius caesar that he wrote it after Elizebth I ancestors wrested the throne from Richard the second that led to a civil war but Shakespeare wrote this play in different place and different time to be safe and not to be punished by the country. The third important and famous play is Romeo and Juliet that talks about two big families from Italy but this two families have a conflict but there children loved each other and they wanted to
He learned a great deal about writing plays by imitating the successes of the London theatre, as any young poet and budding dramatist might do” "William Shakespeare." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2016.” He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, on believed to be between April 23 to the 26th of 1564. He was the son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. At the age of 18, William Shakespeare married a woman named Anne Hathaway, who was 8 years older than him.
William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His mother was Mary Arden. She was the daughter of a landowner. His father was John Shakespeare.
Since he lived in Elizabethan England life was very hard for him because he wasn’t born into a family of wealth or nobility and he didn’t have a great education. Shakespeare wrote thirty-eight plays, one hundred and fifty-four sonnets and two narrative poems. He produced his best-known works between 1589 and 1613, and from then onward they are considered classics. Ben Jonson is regarded as the second most important English playwright after William Shakespeare. He was born in Westminster in late 1572 and died on August 6, 1637.