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    To begin with, being the most oldest person means you know how to handle a problem or able to make proper plans. You can also went through a lot of things when you’re young. You also hold the most responsibility out of all the people. In Shakespeare’s story Friar Lawrence was the adult of the story but he still manage to mess up plans and do secret plans. The blame lies with Friar Lawrence because he makes faulty plans, he is irresponsible, and he does secretly things especially the plan with

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    Many people knew who William Shakespeare was, but not everyone knew how is life was in the Elizabethan era. He wrote poems and playwrights that some people liked and others disliked. Many things in the Elizabethan era encouraged and discouraged Shakespeare's writings. Elizabethan society discouraged and encouraged shakespeare's writings by becoming a very popular person to the public. He became a very big public person by being an actor, a playwright, and very big part of a company. The website

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    April 23rd, 1616, Shakespeare was 55 years old. How Shakespeare died is a mystery on top of the many other mysteries Shakespeare left behind for us to figure out. (158) However, we do know that Shakespeare did die in his home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon and was buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church, with his wife, Anne Hathaway, and other family members. (178) A positive estimate of when Shakespeare started to become ill (and possibly started dying) was when he revised his

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    1. Name what we know about and how we know about Shakespeare’s physical appearance. Not much is actually known about Shakespeare’s appearance, what we do know is based off of three different artistic depictions of Shakespeare the Chandos portrait, the Droeshout engraving, and the wall monument at the holy trinity church in Shakespeare’s home town. The Chandos portrait is the most widely known and is believed to be the only portrait done while he was alive. “It shows a balding but not unhandsome

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    No one knows when William Shakespeare was born but it is estimated around April 23, 1564 his work was known from all over the world and is still known to this very day and some of his history is still unknown of his past. Some examples of his work is Romeo and Juliet, By 1592, there is evidence William Shakespeare earned a living as an actor and a playwright in London and possibly had several plays produced. William Shakespeare got married on November 28, 1582 to a woman named Anne Hathaway who

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    Shakespeare’s Portrayal of Monarchy This research involves discovering how the English government affected the writing of Shakespeare.  The goal is to show how the English government in the late 1500’s negatively impacted Shakespeare’s portrayal of the monarchy in “The Comedy of Errors.” I’ve done this by looking at events during the late 1500’s that involved the English government and by examining Shakespeare’s biography. This research draws upon mostly secondary sources, including articles &

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    Shakespeare born on April 26, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, was one of the world's best known and most loved play writers, and poem writers. Shakespeare's parents were John Shakespeare (his father) and Mary Shakespeare (his mother). John Shakespeare was a leather and wool worker and money lender, and Mary Shakespeare was a stay at home mom. William Shakespeare was baptized at the Holy Trinity Church which was located in Stratford-Upon-Avon. William Shakespeare was the fourth of eight brothers

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    In April 26 1564 a great English poet was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United-Kingdom, named William Shakespeare. Throughout his life, he wrote many plays based on people from real-life. One of the most famous plays he wrote was The Tragedy of Hamlet. Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature. It is based on a Norse legend composed by Saxo Grammaticus in Latin around 1200 AD. Apparently, the inciting incident of the play, which

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    William Shakespeare was English poet,playwright and actor. Also William was born in April 1564 in the UK and died in April 23 1616. He was the greatest play writer of His time and one of the best form England Bard of Avon. He's Spouse was Anne Hathaway they had three kids.William was a very smart man he was every good at writing about how power corrupts the one who is in charge as seen in Julius Caesar. The play starts off with Caesar is returning from beating Pompey in a battle. But Pompey was

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    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, Susanna, was born in 1583. They had a set of twins, the boy died in boyhood

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