Every prodigy has a story to him/her. Shakespeare started a young lad with 7 siblings in a small town to buddies with Queen Elizabeth I. Poets, Authors and playwrights throughout history love and worship his work. Such as John Dryden, who said, “He was the man who of all modern, perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul.” or the famous writer T.S. Eliot who said “I do not believe any writer has exposed this bovarysme, the human will to see things as they are not, more clearly than Shakespeare.”.(Malibard) People still admire him today because of his works, but don’t really seem to care for how he got there and that is what i am here to talk about. Shakespeare had a interesting life full of controversy. I'd like to …show more content…
His father was a merchant named John Shakespeare and his mother was a devout catholic called Mary Shakespeare. His father lived in Snitterfield until he moved into Stratford before 1532. In Stratford, he worked with farm products and sold them to people for a living. After he settled down and married Mary Arden, he was elected into a lot of civic positions and went from a wealthy business owner into a civil servant.(Malibard) Shakespeare’s mother was the youngest of 8 daughters raised by a catholic father. She married John Shakespeare in 1557 at 17 years old.(The Parents of William Shakespeare). When Shakespeare was a toddler, he enrolled him into a grammar school which was an influence on his writing later on in Shakespeare’s life. While he was there he had to attend class six days a week at dawn. He studied the alphabet, prayers, and history. At the age of seven, he began instruction in latin. During the Renaissance, writing was going through a revolution in England. It was important to his future career that he learn all of this to keep up with this explosion of art and literature. (William Shakespeare: …show more content…
He heads back because he was old and missed his home and family. Before he left, He did his final play which is likely to be Henry VIII. While living out in Stratford he spent his final days living like a rich man and having a huge house. On March 25, 1616 he signed his will for he knew he was going to die of sickness. William Shakespeare left the world in his own home on April 23, 1616 which was his birthday. The cause could be his failing health that was possibly the result of drug, smoking, or drinking abuse. Two days later, Shakespeare was buried in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.
William Shakespeare, one of the greatest authors of all time, was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. The exact date of his birth is unknown though many historians have come to the agreement that he was born on or near April 23 1564. This assumption is due to the fact that his records show he was baptized on the 26th of April 1564. It is also likely that he attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford. As that would have been typical for a child who’s father was an alderman. What is known is that he did not go to Unversity.
William Shakespeare was born on April 26th 1564[1] in Stratford on-Avon to parents John and Mary. Growing up, he received a good education for a country boy of that period. He attended the village elementary school, was tutored by his mother and others, and learned a great deal by himself[2]. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, had his first child, Susanna in 1583 followed by twins Judith and Hamnet in 1585. Documentation ends here. From the years 1586 to 1592, there is little to no information about his activities and whereabouts. During this unaccounted for period of time, Shakespeare had to get from Stratford to London, where his presence was first
William Shakespeare born on April 23, 1564 contributed deeply to the innovated speech on the subject of playwriting, poetry, and acting. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, northwest of London. When Shakespeare was eighteen he married Anne Hathaway and had three children. The majority of Shakespeare's life was not just spent in school but in the theatre world in London were he had found and started venturing into the writing profession by the early 1590s. Shakespeare was ambitious when it came to the theatre and always strived for success not only was he a play writer but as an actor. The duration of 1610 to 1613 it was said that Shakespeare had retired from the stage and returned home to Stratford-upon-Avon where he died in 1616. Shakespeare had part taken in many educational institutions, Shakespeare had combined the poetic approach with a practical sense of the theatre. Shakespeare had a innovative mindset when inventing words from Latin, French and Native origins. Shakespeare had written thirty plays, the plays created in the time period were divided into four categories: Comedies, Histories, Romances, and Tragedies. Therefore it can be inferred that the four categories were influenced from some events during Shakespeare's life which caused him to create those genres of plays. During the author's life time there were certain events which influenced the writing of Macbeth.
John Shakespeare and Mary Arden had given birth to William Shakespeare near or on April 23, 1564. He was baptized on April 26, 1564. His father made gloves and was a tradesman, and his mother was the daughter of a successful farmer. He was not very wealthy so he had some issues when it came to money. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. When he was around the age of six he went to a local grammar school, King’s New School. In that school he would learn the basics of reading and writing. He would study theatre, acting, history, and Latin literature. Later around the age of thirteen he was taken out from the school because of his father's financial and social hardships. He did not attend a university. He became very popular with
William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, a shoemaker and a daughter of an affluent farmer in 1564. He was born on April 23, and baptised two days later. William attended the local grammar school, the King's Scchool. He was born and lived in a smal town called Stratford-upon-Avon about 100 miles west of London. Shakespeare had three younger brothers and two older sisters. Shakespeare never attended University. Because of the lack of records of when Shakespeare was a child,some people question his existence.
William Shakespeare was a world renowned poet and playwright, and his pieces as still read and talked about today. Son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, he was born on April 23, 1564. He was the third of eight children in his sizeable family. He was baptized three days after his birth on the 26th of April in Stratford-upon-Avon near Birmingham, England. He most likely was educated at the King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford. At the school, he learned many new languages including Latin, Greek, and he read Roman dramatists which means he must of picked up a little Italian on the way. Throughout Shakespeare's early life his father, being the tradesman he was, struggled with debt. This meant that Shakespeare grew up poor and saw the worst of the human condition. He had to overcome many obstacles to get to the position he was in. He worked hard at life, and now he is considered one the best poets to ever write. He married Anne Hathaway at 18, and they had two daughters. A few years into his marriage he moved to London where he began his career in acting and playwriting. He died on his birthday, April 23, 1616. He was then
It is unknown what he became sick with but on April 23 1616, which was his birthday he died. William Shakespeare was buried in Holy Trinity Church which is in Stratford. After Shakespeare died it was unknown if people in the future would remember his works and plays. In 1623 two of William's former actor friends John Hemminge and Henry Condell gathered all 36 plays written by William and publishes them as "Mr. William Shakespeare Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories" (Scmoop Editorial Team). If these men hadn't had done this most of William Shakespeare works would have been forever lost with history. "Since William Shakespeare death he had been written and read more than any other writer" (Scmoop Editorial Team). Some people Have theories that William Shakespeare didn't really write his works and that he was just the son of a poor farmer that coincidentally made it to London and got famous (Scmoop Editorial
William Shakespeare had a very different life than I thought. He was born on April 23rd, 1564 in Stratford-upon- Avon, England. His parents were Mary Arden and John Shakespeare, and he was one of eight children. Joan was the eldest and died at the age of two months, Margaret was alive for one year, William lived to be 52, Gilbert was 46 years old, Joan (number 2) lived to be 77 years of age, Anne died at 8, Richard died at 39, and the youngest, Edmund, lived to be 27. When William Shakespeare was just 13 he had to discontinue his education to help his father, who was a glove maker. They weren’t a very rich family and they did struggle at times. When he was going to college, he attended King Edward VI School and married Anne Hathaway in 1588 when he was 18 years old and she was 26. They had three children together, Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet. Susanna was the first born in 1583, and Judith and Hamnet are twins who were born in 1585. Throughout his life, he lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
William Shakespeare lived-in Stratford Upon Avon, England. Just like the world today there was a working government with different social classes such as upper class, middle class, and lower class. The government was controlled by the king of England, King Edward VI. King Edward was crowned in 1553, just eleven years before Shakespeare was born. William Shakespeare was born into a middle class family having a house, bed, school, and food. Like upper and lower class Shakespeare and his family had 3 meals a day. The first meal of the day, breakfast, which contained of bread, maybe fish or meat, and an ale. Each social class has many things in common, but the upper and somewhat middle
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England on April 23, 1564. As an infant he avoided the Black Plague that took the lives of many people during this time. His father, John Shakespeare, was a prosperous glove maker and wool dealer and was well regarded throughout Stratford, even holding the position of High Bailiff for a time. Young William saw his first play at the age of five from a traveling group of actors. Due to John’s position on the town council, he was responsible for approving the play for public performances. This gave William a chance to meet and get to know the actors who would return a few times each year for another performance.
William Shakespeare’s exact birthdate is unknown, but he was born and baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, England on April 26, 1564. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. His father died in 1601, he left Shakespeare with only a little real estate. On the other hand, his mother died September 1608 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare was the first child of three and the oldest of John and Mary’s. Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582. Shakespeare was 18 when he married Anne. Six months after the marriage, Anne gave birth to Susanna, their first daughter. Two years later she gives birth to twins. A license was issued for the marriage on November 27, 1582. They remained married until his death in 1616. For some time he lived with a French Huguenot family named Mountjoy. They lived near St. Olave’s Church in Cripplegate, London. Records of a lawsuit somewhere around May 1612, show Shakespeare giving evidence in a genial way and in the
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on April 23, 1564 and he was later baptized on April 26, 1564. His parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. William was the third of eight children, three of which died in childhood. John was a merchant and high bailiff in Stratford. Because he held a position of an official in Stratford, his children would likely have been waived tuition for their education. Although there are no records to prove it, historians infer that Shakespeare went to the Stratford Grammar School due to his knowledge of Latin and Classical Greek. Because his tuition was waived, Shakespeare was able to learn writing free of cost, and this likely had a huge effect on the brilliance of his writing later in his life.
William Shakespeare also spelled Shakespeare, byname Bard of Avon.William Shakespeare has become the most famous and influential author in English literature according to people who described him as a author.Only active as a writer for a quarter of a century which is a lot.”He wrote thirty-eight plays, one hundred fifty-four sonnets and two epic poems that reinvented and defined the English language to such a degree that his works are required study all over the world” which i think it's crazy.Very little is known about Shakespeare's early life i don't know why but i would like to know more about his childhood..
William Shakespeare has been a mystery to literature lovers for centuries. There is actually very little known about the life of William Shakespeare; nonetheless, he has been inspiring literature and theater for over 400 years. There is no record of an exact birth date for Shakespeare, however, he, “was baptized in the parish church of Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire on April 26, 1564.” Just like his birth, Shakespeare’s educational history remains a mystery. In Stratford, there is a free grammar school and, without certainty, it is presumed that he obtained his education there. By 1592, Shakespeare’s popularity grew and he began to emerge as a playwright. However, at that time, theaters were closed due to riots and the plague. After the
Despite being a world-renown playwright, William Shakespeare remains to this very day a man with a past shrouded in mystery. Very few documents provide historians insight on his personal life. In fact, the record of Shakespeare in his earliest years is limited to a mere baptismal record that reveals his birth date to be around April 26, 1564. Fifty-two years later from that day, Shakespeare would be interred at Trinity Church. Born near London in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon as the third child to John Shakespeare, the local alderman and bailiff, Shakespeare is believed to have attended King’s New School because his father held an official position. Shakespeare did not receive any higher level education, however. Hardly anything else is known of the young William Shakespeare’s childhood.