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William Shakespeare 's Life And Life

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[Type text] [Type text] [Type text] Price 10 Joshua Price Van Dyke-London ENG 102 Research Paper March 23, 2016 William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. Shakespeare was assumedly educated at the King?s New School in Stratford with an ?emphasis on the Latin classics, including memorization, writing, and acting classic Latin plays,? writes an article entitled Shakespeare?s Life, found on Foldger Shakespeare Library. He most likely attended until around age fifteen. In late 1582, Shakespeare at age 18 married Anne Hathaway, who was 26. Anne gave birth to a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, son Hamnet, and daughter Judith. However, Hamnet, Shakespeare?s only son, soon died in 1596 at the age of eleven. Many assume the demise of Shakespeare?s son Hamnet influenced the writing of Hamlet. Shakespeare ventured to London for work while Anne and the children remained in Stratford, where she would remain the rest of her life. In an article entitled Shakespeare?s Life, found on Foldger Shakespeare Library, it suggests, ?that this separation, and the couple 's relatively few children, were signs of a strained marriage, but we do not know that, either.? However, the article later goes on to note that ?someone pursuing a theater career had no choice but to work in London, and many branches of the Shakespeares had small families.? The years between 1585 and 1592 are referred as Shakespeare 's "lost years? for not much is

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