William Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616, an English writer often referred to by one of Britain's greatest writers.
Shakespeare managed to write as many as 38 plays of tragedy, comedy, history and as many as 154 sonatas, 2 narrative poems, along with other poems.
William Shakespeare managed to write between the years 1585 and 1613, and the work given has been translated almost in all the living languages of the world and performed on various stages.
Life
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in April 1564, as the son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.
His father was a fairly wealthy man and had a glove-making business, but later became rather poor after illegally selling wool. Meanwhile, Shakespeare did not follow in his father's footsteps.
In those days, new public schools started in England. Before, until most children could not read and write, they only learned a skill or farming. Shakespeare then went to one of the new public schools.
At the school, he learned a lot of Latin, which became the language for all educated people, no matter which country they came from.
Not only that, Shakespeare also studied many works from the writers and philosophers of Ancient Greece and Rome. It has been more than 100 years since Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing to Europe in 1452.
Shakespeare along with other Englishmen (who can read and can afford to buy books) became familiar with stories from various places, such as Italy, France, Asia Minor and North Africa.
Some of these stories form the basis of Shakespeare's greatest story, such as of Apuleius's, The Golden Ass, an ancient tale originating from North Africa, a possible story that inspired dreams in the middle of the season.
Almost everyone in the UK embraces Christianity. In the hierarchy there are workers, over whom there are peasants and merchants, pastors and guards, there are also knights, landlords, archbishops and dukes. In England, the monarchy is Queen Elizabeth I.
Shakespeare lives in the days of renaissance which means "rebirth" which is present between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe.
The European Renaissance was able to revive the learning of music and in this era there was a movement of awakening interest in art, music, to architecture. An old and stagnant world suddenly changed into more vibrant and vibrant.
Right in the 1590s, Shakespeare was able to establish himself as a playwright and actor in London. Not only that, he also has a part of the playhouse, a place where he and his friends play. That being said, it is a source of income for Shakespeare.
Shakespeare is married to Anne Hathaway, whose wife is 8 years older. They married on November 28, 1582 at Temple Grafton, near Stratford. In the end, they were blessed with three children, Susanna and the twins Hamnet and Judith.
Shakespeare became a very famous theater, very popular and very rich. In fact, Queen Elizabeth I also like the work inscribed by William Shakespeare, as well as King James I.
The people of Elizabeth's day did not see players or performers as an honorable job.
Tens of thousands of people are thronged to see the play of Shakespeare who will hear as many as 1700 words created by Shakespeare. Many of his current creations are still used, such as:
- Deafening
- Hush
- Hurry
- Downstairs
- Gloomy
- Lonely
- Embrace
- Dawn
William Shakespeare writes for 25 years, successfully creating as many as 36 to 39 known works to date.
Meanwhile, the topics covered range from comic romance to civil war, from domestic games to even political events that can stir the world.
In the end, Shakespeare stopped writing in 1611 and died in 1616. Until he died, Shakespeare was still married with Anne.
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List of Works
Tragedy
- Romeo and Juliet
- Macbeth
- King lear
- Hamlet
- Othello
- Titus Andronicus
- Julius Caesar
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Coriolanus
- Trolus and Cressida
- Timon of Athens
Comedy
- The Comedy of Errors
- All's Well That Ends Well
- As You Like It
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Measure for Measure
- The Tempest
- Taming of the Shrew
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Love's Labor's Lost
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Pericles Prince of Tire
- Cymbeline
- The Winter's Tale
History
- Richard III
- Richard II
- Henry VI, part 1
- Henry VI, part 2
- Henry VI, part 3
- Henry V
- Henry IV, part 1
- Henry IV, part 2
- Henry VIII
- King John
Poetry
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Venus and Adonis
- The Rape of Lucrece
- The Passionate Pilgrim
- The Phoenix and the Turtle
- A Lover's Complaint
