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Why Is William Shakespeare Alive

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There are not many records that were kept in the time William Shakespeare was alive, so not many thing are known for certain about him. Due to the record of him being baptized in April on the twenty-sixth of 1564 (“William Shakespeare,” n.d.). It is believed that he was born on April, twenty-third, or close to that date but it is not certain. He was the oldest surviving child of John and Mary Shakespeare due to the death of their first two daughters who did not live past infancy (“Shakespeare's Life,” n.d.). William had five younger sibling, three brothers and two sisters. William attend Stratford’s grammar school until about the age of fifth-teen. While in school he will learn the Latin classics (“Shakespeare's Life,” n.d.). A few years

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