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    be free. Unlike Susanna Moodie, and Catharine Parr Traill, Shadd did not have harsh experiences in Canada, likewise she found herself accomplishing many things, as well as publishing her own promotional pamphlet for Canada. Seeing as Shadd’s hopes for Canada were what she expected she created her pamphlet in order to share her feelings about her settlement with the ambition of attracting other African-American settlers looking for better lives. Catharine Parr Traill, and Susanna Moodie had very

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    William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a flourishing town in central England with a population of two-thousand at the time. He was born to Mary Arden, a local heiress, and John Shakespeare, a leather merchant and town bailiff, who both had been long-time residents of the town. While the exact date of his birth is unknown, it is estimated that Shakespeare’s birthdate is or was around the 23rd of April, 1564, because of a record of his baptization three days later; children were baptized

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    lack of records of when Shakespeare was a child,some people question his existence. At 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, a 26 year old woman from a neighboring town. When they wed Anne was three months pregnant. They had their first child, Susanna was born in 1583. Anne and William also had twins, Hamnet and Judith in 1585. The "lost years" of Shakespeare's life took place in the following 7 years. There are no clear records of what took place in his life during these years. Many theorys have

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    William Shakespeare was born around April 1594 (his exact birth date is not known). He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in the United Kingdom. Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564. Shakespeare had seven siblings and his father John worked as a glove maker. When Shakespeare was six he went to Grammar School, it was important for boys to go the grammar school because they needed to know how to read and write. At age 16 Shakespeare graduated grammar school and he could not go to college because

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    William Shakespeare born around april 26, 1564 was a man truly ahead of his time. He has written many great plays and is known for not only writing for the rich but the poor as well. His plays entertained the masses and have been around for over 400 years. Despite Shakespeare’s legacy little is actually known about him. The earliest record of Shakespeare is on April 26, 1564 when he was baptized in Stratford. He was birthed by his parents John Shakespeare and Mary Arden who were well respected people

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    The Development of Lady Macbeth William Shakespeare was born more than four hundred years ago, in April fifteen sixty-four. At a young age, Shakespeare married his wife and together they raised two daughters. Over time he became both prosperous and well-known for his acting, poetry, and playwriting (“Shakespeare's Life”). Shakespeare wrote more than thirty plays in his lifetime. His plays can be categorized as histories, comedies, tragedies, and romances. In the beginning, most of his plays were

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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

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    The great William Shakespeare lived during a time of many noted and influential people such as Pocahontas, King James I, and Sir Walter Raleigh. Even though Pocahontas was born during the later years of Shakespeare’s life, interesting correlations exist between the playwright and the Indian princess. King James I of England wrote about witches, which gave some background information for Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Macbeth. As the special guest of Queen Elizabeth I, it is likely that Sir Walter Raleigh

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    William Shakespeare, also known as “Bard” meaning poet was born on April 26th, 1564. At the age of eighteen he married twenty-six year old Anne Hathaway. Much of Shakespeare’s career as a poet was started when he was twenty-one in London. Throughout his lifespan he wrote numerous well- known plays and sonnets, such as: Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest etc. Out of all his plays and sonnets Romeo and Juliet stands out the most. Shakespeare wrote this play in the Elizabethan Age, this is

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    William Shakespeare was a world renowned poet and playwright, and his pieces as still read and talked about today. Son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, he was born on April 23, 1564. He was the third of eight children in his sizeable family. He was baptized three days after his birth on the 26th of April in Stratford-upon-Avon near Birmingham, England. He most likely was educated at the King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford. At the school, he learned many new languages including Latin, Greek

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