William Shakespeare
By: Jacqueline




William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died April 23, 1616. No one knows when his birthday was, but what we do know is that he was baptized April 26, 1564. He was born and raised in Stratford-uon-Avon. We don't know much about his early life. All we know that he was the eldest son of Mary Arden and son of John Shakespeare. 

 In 1596 William was awared a coat of arms for his family.Whe n Shakespeare was 15, a women from a near by village drowned in Avon. Her death might have been an accident or not. Later in Hamet, shakespeare left the question open weather Ophelia's death was acidental or not. Hamlet was printednin 1603, it was Shakespear's largest drama.
 At the age of 18 William married  Anne Hathaway, who was 8 years older than him. Thier first child was named Susannah and then Hammet, lastly  Judith where born in 1585.  His ony son, Hammet died at the age of 11. By 1584 he was a rising playwriter in London. He wrote many great plays for Lord Chamberlian's Company in London. He was known as a raid writer.

Romeo and Juliet has inspired others. In 1610 shakespeare returned to his birth place, where he had a house called New Pace. He lived as long as a country gentleman and co-wrote with John Flecther; together the wote The Two Noble Kinsmen which was published in 1634. He died April 23, 1616. His widow legally entitled to ahrid estate. Anne Hathaway died 7 years after Shakespeare. In 1623 Shakespeare collected work was known as the First Folio .

 
                               What He Is Famous For  And  His  Work                  

Quotes

Hamlet

"To be, or not to be: that is the question". - (Act III, Scene I).
" This above all: to time own self be true". - (Act I, Scene III)
"Brevity is the soul of wit". - (Act II, Scene II).
All that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity.
Hamlet, 1. 2

Romeo and Juliet
"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?". - (Act II, Scene II).
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" . - (Act II, Scene II).
"Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty". - (Act IV, Scene II).
Midsummer's  Night Dream
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind". - (Act I, Scene I).
"The course of true love never did run smooth". - (Act I, Scene I).


             




Bibilography
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/quotes/quotes.htm
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/shakespe.htm
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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