William Shakespeare was is one of the most influential and creative authors, playwrights, actors, and poets in the history of mankind. Shakespeare accomplished a plethora of goals and is well known for many of his pieces such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Julius Caesar, and famous sonnets and poetry such as “ Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day, “ We know of him but what about the background, what made William Shakespeare, who he was, who exactly was William Shakespeare? What was his life like before he was famous, what happened during his later years, who did he become, and what lasting effects or cultural impacts did Shakespeare leave as his legacy? The great man that wrote many pieces that we use everyday in schools across the world …show more content…
His family consisted of his parents John and Mary Shakespeare, and his four other siblings Gilbert,
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Edmund, Richard, and Anne, though technically there were six total but two of the eldest did survive birth, both were girls.
William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564. On a heavier note, as an infant his home in
Stratford was hit by a plague. “ In June plague broke out at Leicester, and soon after at
Coventry. On 11 July, when the vicar wrote ‘Hic incepit pestis’ in his burials register, the plague was at Stratford. It burst into the town’s centre… At these times, fires were lit in streets.
Windows were sealed; doors admitted no visitors. William in infancy probably knew a hot, airless house… (Honan, Park. Shakespeare. N.p.: Clarendon, 1998. Web ).” Though the plague destroyed the population of Stratford, the Shakespeare family survived it all and in the late
1560’s, John Shakespeare made it to the top of their council and become the Bailiff of Stratford and thus was able to push to push the young by we know as William Shakespeare through …show more content…
How often did William visit Anne and family in Stratford? What were the circumstances of Shakespeare's return to Stratford? And how might one explain the fact that William and Anne Shakespeare are buried next to each other in Stratford's Holy Trinity
Church, yet she receives only the 'second best bed' in his will? ( Scheil, Katherine. "The
Shakespeare Courtship in the Millennium." Critical Survey. Berghahn Books, 26 June 2015. Web. 03
Mar. 2017. )” Many people raise these questions of his life but it is hard to give a definite answer since not many records are kept of his personal life but it is said that Shakespeare’s wife and kids did influence his works and gave him some inspirations on what to write about such as it is believed that Hamlet, is about his son Hamnet or “...concern about the surrender of a daughter to another man in marriage is reflected in several of the late plays.” ( Foukes, R.A. “ Shakespeare and
Biography.” Comparative Drama, vol. 45, no. 2, 2011, pp. 137-139, 162. ). Now, looking at
Shakespeare’s career following his trip to London, it is shown that in the years of 1590-91 are the years that Shakespeare wrote his first play, Henry VI- Part One, and is believed to