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    William Shakespeare, arguably one of the greatest writers of Western Civilization, is best known for his plays and sonnets. Although much of his life is unknown, he is still praised two centuries later for his influence on English literature. Despite the praise that he gets for his works, much controversy has arisen over the authorship of his written work. Shakespeare’s plays have stood the test of time but their authorship has been questioned. This question has been disputed for many years between

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    William Shakespeare, poet and playwright, little is actually known of his life. His early life, few details of his marriage, and his theater work is some of the information i was able to find today. William Shakespeare's life was barely recorded. There are no medical records of his birth date, but he was baptized on April 26, 1564 at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. From this information scholars believe he was born around April 23,1564, the same day he died 52 years later. Shakespeare

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    Saltsman English 4 3 November 2016 William Shakespeare Shakespeare has been such a big part of all our lives by dominating our literature classes. To have someone state he may be fake is such a crazy thought. Looking at all the research and viewpoints on whether William Shakespeare really is who we all think of him to be is very intriguing. There are so many different thoughts and questions that arise. After reading articles and watching a documentary, I believe Shakespeare is not the person we have always

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    The autobiography of William Shakespeare will give you information on his birth, marriage, and children. You will find out information on his how many sonnets he wrote, how many plays he wrote and got published, the time period they were written in, and what could have been the cause of death. On April 23, 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. When he was eighteen years old he married Anne Hathaway and they raised two daughters. The eldest daughter

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    Surviving documents of William Shakespeare gives us a glance into his life to show us a poet, playwright, and actor. Shakespeare’s particular characters are endlessly interesting with characters with conflicted lives to characters who understand their obstacle to act or change. “More than any writer before him, Shakespeare designed individual characters with broad and conflicted inner lives, who recognized their problems to act or change. Audience from Shakespeare’s time onwards have related to the

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    1. Author Background 1.1 Childhood/Family William Shakespeare is a known to be the most genius poet and playwright of his time and many believe of all time. William Shakespeare is believed to have been born in Stratford, England on or before April 26, 1564. His mother’s name is Mary Arden, was the daughter of a landowner from a village nearby. His father, John Shakespeare, was the son of a farmer and was a glove maker in farm produce. Around his William Shakespeare’s birth his father acquired several

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    For my essay four I decided to read “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare. The first time I read it, I kind of understood what it was about, but didn’t really understand it that well. So after doing some research about William Shakespeare and “Macbeth,” I re-read “Macbeth,” as well as watched the movie. After this I wondered what William Shakespeare was trying to portray by writing “Macbeth”. At first I thought that he was trying to present the audience with an experience of himself or he was writing

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    Shakespeare's Life Many different writers have many different styles. One of them is the famous William Shakespeare. He is well know for many plays and poems. William Shakespeare is well known writer who was born into a family of no significance, who disappeared for a period of time, and who had many accomplishments in later years. In Shakespeare’s childhood he had a big problem impacting his whole family. He was known to be born on the twenty third of April and was baptized at Holy Trinity Church

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    William Shakespeare was born in April 23, 1564 (Benson 138), and baptized April 26. 1564. He died on April 23, 1616 (Benson). He was born in Stanford-upon-Avon, UK. Shakespeare was a writer, English poet, playwright and actor, he was a very influential man. We still read his books and react his plays. Shakespeare was forced to marry his wife Anne, they got married when he was 18 and she was 36, they were 18 years apart. There first child was born 6 months after they got married. When Shakespeare

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    William Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-avon, England. William was baptized the 26 of april 1564. His nationality is english he was the third of eight children. William attended stratford grammar school at the age of 7. The students in this school spent 9 hours a day, these students also studied latin. William loved to read books of ancient roman authors like cicero, ovid, platus, seneca, terence, and vigil. Williams mom is named Mary arden and dad is John Shakespeare. William

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