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    William Shakespeare 1564-1616 Abbey McBride William Shakespeare was a famous play maker but little do people know that he wrote a lot of poems . He was born in Stratford-On-Avon, United Kingdom on April 23, 1564. He was 62 when he died. In his lifetime he married Anne Hathaway, had three children, two girls but the boy died in early boyhood, he joined a bunch of groups, he learned Latin and a little bit of Greek. Shakespeare wrote his first poems

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    William Shakespeare was born on (or around the time of) April 23, 1564 and he lived in Stratford Upon- Avon, England. His parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Shakespeare. He lived with 5 siblings, three brothers and two sisters. William was the oldest in his house, he would have been the third oldest if his first two sisters didn’t die as babies. His family would have had 9 people in the same house, but with both of the sister’s deaths he had 7 people within his house. William’s father worked

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    At age 18 he married Anne Hathaway, the daughter of an apple farmer and they soon were blessed with three children. Susanna was born in 1583 and the twins, Hamnet and Judith, were born in 1585. William found himself in his early twenties as a father and a man without a proper trade so he decided a change of scenery was in order. By the age of 24, William Shakespeare is

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    teenager, he studied reading, writing and the classics at the King’s New School, in Stratford. On November 28, 1582, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in Worcester, in Canterbury Province when he was 18 years old. Their first daughter named Susanna, was born on May 26, 1583. Two years later, their twins Hamnet and Judith were born on February 2, 1585. However, Hamnet

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    William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Avon, England on April of 1564. He was an actor, poet, and playwright who impacted the world with his works who later died on April 24th 1616. He created 1700 words in the English language by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives and combining words into phrases that no one else has ever put together before. Shakespeare’s became more recognized during the 16th century when he was striving as an actor and playwright. To this day he is still

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    Prospero's Legacy

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    William Shakespeare, born on April 15, 1564, left behind his legacy when he passed he passed away four hundred years back, on April 23rd, 1616. It was through his work, that Shakespeare created his own empire of sorts. An empire that still lives on due to the legacy he left behind through the many poems, sonnets and plays he wrote. Over the years many of his plays, especially “The Tempest” have been reimagined and rewritten, allowing the play to keep up with the changing times. These adaptations

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    1582 The Bishop of Worcester gives a marriage license to William, who was 18 at the time and his wife Anne Hathaway, who was 8 years older than him at 26 years old. May 26, 1583 Six months after their marriage, the Shakespeare's first child, Susanna, is born and baptised. 1585 Anne gives birth to twins, son Hamnet and daughter Judith. 1590 William writes his first play, Henry VI,

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    she gave birth to their daughter Susanna on May 26, 1583. After two years they had twins Hamnet and Judith on February 2, 1585. Hamnet, child of William and Anne, had died of an unknown cause at age 11. William Shakespeare as living was an actor and also wrote playwrights. Shakespeare’s works were published by 1597, but only 15 out of 37 plays he wrote were published. When William Shakespeare died he had left many of his possessions to his eldest daughter Susanna. Many believe his work he had stolen

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    Only seven months after Shakespeare and Anne’s marriage, May 1583, their first child, Susanna was born (“william Shakespeare”). A little over two years later, February 1585, Shakespeare and Anne’s second and third child was born. The twins names were Hamnet and Judith (“William Shakespeare”). Following the twins birth, there are no records

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    Charlotte Temple Essay

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    The Tabloid of the Century (1800’s -1900’s) The general reason I think Charlotte Temple stayed on the best seller list for so many years is because the subjects that were discussed in the book were taboo in that day and time. Montraville was a soldier in the army who was about twenty three years old, and Charlotte was only fifteen. He was much older than Charlotte. Montraville influenced her in evil ways; he impressed her with his knowledge of love and the world by writing

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