William Shakespeare

~intro
~question 1: do you happen to know how Shakespeare influenced English
literature and language?
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 23 April 1616) was an
English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in
the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called
England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including
some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative
poems, and a few other verses, of which the authorship of some is uncertain. His
plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed
more often than those of any other playwright.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23rd April 1564. His
father William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary was the
daughter of a landowner. Relatively prosperous, it is likely the family paid for
Williams education, although there is no evidence he attended university.
~do you think that Shakespeare was ever married?
In 1582 William, aged only 18, married an older woman named Anne
Hathaway. They had three children, Susanna, Hamnet and Juliet. Their only son
Hamnet died aged just 11.
Some academics known as the Oxfords claim that Shakespeare never actually
wrote any plays. They contend Shakespeare was actually just a successful
businessman, and for authorship suggest names such as Edward de Vere.
Nevertheless there is evidence of Shakespeare in theatres as he received a variety
of criticism from people such as Ben Johnson and Robert Greene. When writing an
introduction to Shakespeares First Folio of published plays in 1623, Johnson wrote of
Shakespeare:
not of an age, but for all time.

Shakespeare's plays can be divided into three main categories: the comedies, the
histories, and the tragedies. His tragedies are widely thought to be some of the
greatest writings ever published, and as such are hugely popular among scholars
and lay-readers alike.

Some of the more popular pieces of Shakespearian writing, which may be studied in
school or university, include the likes of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth and
King Lear.
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thumbu, etc
William Shakespeare gave the world some of its most memorable and
quotable words and phrases in literature and everyday language, and at the same
time he achieved an extraordinary level of subtlety and finesse in the insults
present in his works:
"Thou full dish of fool!" Troilus and Cressida
"I had rather be a tick in a sheep than such a valiant ignorance" Troilus and
Cressida
"(His brain) is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage" As You Like It
"Four of his five wits went halting off, and now is the whole man governed with one"
Much Ado About Nothing
"She hath more hair than wit, and more faults than hairs, and more wealth than
faults" Two Gentlemen of Verona
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All of the research ive done on this subject has really provoked me into setting my
Science fiction and Fantasy novels aside and look some Shakespeare works up, so
you probably should too, as its a matter of general knowledge and curiosity, both of
which can help you tremendously in the years to come.
Fun facts:
1. Shakespeares father held a lot of different jobs, and at one point got paid to
drink beer.
2. Shakespeares parents were probably illiterate, and his children almost
certainly were.
3. Nobody knows what Shakespeare did between 1585 and 1592
4. Shakespeares plays feature the first written instances of hundreds of familiar
terms.
fashionable (Troilus and Cressida), sanctimonious (Measure for Measure),
eyeball (A Midsummer Nights Dream) and lackluster (As You Like It); and
the expressions foregone conclusion (Othello), in a pickle (The Tempest),
wild goose chase (Romeo and Juliet) and one fell swoop (Macbeth).