William Shakespeare Research Paper

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William Shakespeare was the greatest poet, actor and playwright of the late 16th century and early 17th century. However, what throughout his life helped him lead to writing some of the most notorious plays in the English language? Shakespeare, as we know, was the world's pre-eminent dramatist and one of the greatest writers in the English language. William
Shakespeare was a well-known poet, playwright, and actor throughout the late Although
Shakespeare wrote many plays full of humor, sarcasm, and tragedy, his life was full of many outlandish ways in which he lived. This is believed to be what pushed his plays to the way they are today. Shakespeare, and his life, were mostly unusual to the norm of society at the current time. William Shakespeare …show more content…

William had three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard,
Edmund, and two younger sisters: Anna who died young at the age of seven, and Joan. He had two other siblings that did not live beyond infancy. Shakespeare lived and grew up in
Stratford-upon-Avon, a small English town approximately 100 miles northwest of London. This town was located along the banks of the River Avon. John Shakespeare, William’s father, born
Carlton 2 in 1531 and lived to 1601, was the son of Richard Shakespeare. John Shakespeare’s dad lived in
Snitterfield and was a farmer. John however, was a leatherworker. He specialized in soft white leather used for gloves and other similar things. John moved to Stratford-upon-Avon and married
Mary Arden. They together had eight children, five of which lived into adulthood. By the time
William was five, John had rose up through the ranks and had become the town bailiff-much like a mayor. William Shakespeare's mother, Mary Shakespeare, Arden, was born in 1537 and lived to 1608. Mary was the daughter of Robert Arden. The Arden family lived in Warwickshire, long before the Norman Conquest. Mary married John Shakespeare in 1557, when she was only 20
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It included memorization, writing, and acting classic Latin plays. Shakespeare was removed from school about the age of thirteen. He was removed because of his father’s financial and social difficulties. When Shakespeare was young, he did not seem destined for greatness. During the century he was born in, being born into a family of nobility and significance, got you whatever you wanted. It helped you become successful and well-known. Shakespeare was not born into a family of nobility or significance. He never finished his education at a university, he did not go under the mentorship as a senior artist, and he never married wealthy. Due to all these things, it
Carlton 3 didn’t look as if Shakespeare would ever be able to become a great writer and actor. For success in playwright depended some on being a royal patronage or being wealthy.
In late 1582, a few years after leaving school, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.
When they married Anne was 26 years old and Shakespeare was 18 years old. Anne did not grow up in Stratford, she grew up in a small village outside Stratford called Shottery. However, after
Anne married Shakespeare, she moved to Stratford and lived there the rest of her life. Not

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