William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

 William Shakespeare is known to be one of the greatest writers in history. All through his life, he had been an intelligent man. He was a tremendous playwright; Writing classics like Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. He also does poems, which includes the sonnets. Sonnet 30, was a poem that expresses Shakespeare’s feelings he once had for something or someone.
Shakespeare’s early life took place in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. Born on April 23, 1564. He was the third child of John Shakespeare, a leather merchant, and Mary Arden, beal landed heiress. He attended Kings New School; which had taught reading, writing ,and classics.
In his mid-years, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. He was 18, Anne was 26, and pregnant. They had their first child on May 26, 1585, he had twins; Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet died at age 11 of unknown causes. He earned a living as an actor and playwright. In the early 1600s, he was managering partner in the Lord Chamberlains. By 1597, 15 of 37 plays was written by William Shakespeare, and published. By 1599, Shakespeare and his partner built their own theater; The Globe. His big plays include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and MacBeth.
As age had caught up with Shakespeare; Age 52, he was put to rest. On April 23, 1616; The same day as his birthday. He died in his hometown of the United Kingdom. Today, Shakespeare is known to be the greatest writer to ever live.
A big play of Shakespeare’s is called Hamlet. It’s a very interesting play. It was a ghost, which was King Hamlet, appearing to see his son. King Hamlet tells Prince Hamlet that King Claudius had killed him and wants Prince Hamlet to revenge his father’s death. After that, King Claudius noticed the Prince’s behavior, which made the King of England order Claudius to kill Prince Hamlet. The Prince was in a fencing match. King Claudius had poisoned the tip of the sword so Prince Hamlet can die. It backfires in King Claudius’s face and he ends up dying....

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