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    Background William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. As an English actor and playwright, Shakespeare wrote many plays which were performed for entertainment. In total he wrote 37 plays. Shakespeare died in 1616. Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. The tale was actually based on facts and not an original. The play itself was not exactly what happened in real life though. Shakespeare added dark and bloody elements to make the play more exciting. This included the

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    William Shakespeare was a playwright born on 1564.There is several mysteries about this man. His actual date of birth is unknown. No one knows exactly where he was born, but he is believed to have come from the area of Stratford-On-Avon in England. What we do know is that he wrote plays which were popular then and are still popular now. Shakespeare wrote many types of plays such as dramas, comedies and tragedies. His plays continue to be performed today and several have been made into movies. Hamlet

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    or why he left. A few years after he left the school, he met a girl named Anne Hathaway. By 1582 they married and were expecting their first child. At the time of their marriage, Anne was 26 while William was 18 years-old. After the first child, Susanna, they then had twins, Judith and Hamnet. This had completed the family. Several years later, Anne, along with the children, lived in Stratford while William worked in London. While it is unknown why he moved there, scholars think it could have been

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    Plague. As his grandfather was a farm produce seller, his family was in constant state of danger of the Bubonic Plague. Shakespeare wed Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582, in Worchester. Hathaway was pregnant during this wedding, and their first child Susanna was born May 26, 1583. Two years later, Hathaway delivered twins named Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet later died of the Bubonic Plague at the age of eleven. After the twins were born, there were seven years

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    William Shakespeare was probably the most well know playwright during the period. Shakespeare was baptized April 26, 1564 (actual birthdate unknown), in Stratford-upon-Avon, and he died on April 23, 1616. He was married to Anne Hathaway at age eighteen and they ended up having three children: Susana, Hamnet, and Judith. His career started to become successful between 1585 and 1592. He was part owner to a playing company called Lord Chamberlains Men. Most of his work was written for this company and

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    Shakespeare- William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died on april 23, 1616. His parents was John shakespeare and Mary Arden. John shakespeare had many different jobs like selling leather goods, wool, malt and corn. In 1556 He was appointed the borough’s official “ale taster”. John later became a moneylender and held a series of municipal positions, serving for some time as the mayor of stratford (history.com). Mary keep up the house like cleaned, helped take care of the kids. John and mary oldest

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    another girl named Sussann. Hamnet was his only son, he died at the age of 11. Shakespeare died on april 23, 1616, he was 52 when he died. It was said that he drank too much at his daughters wedding and died. He left a bulk of estate to his daughter susanna. His wife, anne famously recived his “second-best bed”. He was buried at statford church. He had a staying on his tomb that said “blessed be the that spares me these stones, and cursed be he that moves my bone”. His remains have yet to be disturbed

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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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    How does Shakespeare convey his life into his world of works? William Shakespeare, a man full of intellect, created many diverse books and is said to be the greatest dramatist of all time, although there was little evidence about the poet’s personal life and educational life, it’s said that Shakespeare made his works innovative and used traditional styles to create his own purposes of tragedies, hallucinations, and prophecy. Since there was no indication of birth records, church records showed that

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    William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and was baptized in the Holy Trinity Church on April 26, 1564. His name can be spelt in many different ways. He got married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway and had three children, but their third child was the only one that survived infancy. He pursued in his acting career. His first two poems were “Venus and Adonis”, made in 1593, and “The Rape of Lucrece”, made in 1594. He joined Lord Chamberlain’s company of actors in

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