WILLIAM Shakespeare

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WILLIAM Shakespeare

• By Cooper Ann Wedgeworth
• Mrs. Todd 7th grade ELA 1st block

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Back ground knowledge

• There is a baptismal record that states that
  April 26, 1564, is Shakespeares birthday , but
  April 23 is often his celebrated birth date.
• Stratford Upon Avon in Great Britain is
  Shakespeares birthplace.
• April 23, 1616, is the date of Shakespeares
  death.
• William Shakespeares parents names were John
  and Mary Shakespeare. He had seven siblings.
  Their names are Joan, Margaret, Gilbert, Joan,
  Anne, Richard, and Edmund. William married Anne
  Hathaway and had three children Susanna, Hamnet,
  and Judith.
• Shakespeare attended Stratford grammar school and
  was removed at the age of thirteen due to his
  fathers financial and social troubles.

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Shakespeares home
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important events and dates

• Shakespeare created Hamlet which is one of the
  most well known characters of all time.
• He gave us Romeo and Juliet which combines
  tragedy and comedy.
• His first play was in 1590.
• He wrote Hamlet in 1601.
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Impact on the world/relevance to the Wednesday
wars

• He helped shape the English language. For example
  he made up phrases that we still use today like
  fight fire with fire.
• Shakespeares plays are still being preformed all
  over the world. The work he left behind will
  never be equaled.
• Holling reads Shakespeares plays every
  Wednesday.

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Famous quotes

• O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou
  Romeo?Romeo and Juliet
• Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say
  good night till it be morrow.Romeo and Juliet
• He that dies pays all debts.The Tempest
• Misery acquaints a man with strange
  bedfellows.The Tempest

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Credits/sources

• http//internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/lif
  e/childhood/family.html
• http//www.powerfulwords.info/shakespeare_william/
  39.htm
• /39.htm/http//shakespeare.about.com/od/shakespear
  ebasics/tp/popular.htm
• http//www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/shakes
  pearebirth.html
• http//www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/shakes
  pearechildren.html
• http//www.shakespeare.org.uk/visit-the-houses/sha
  kespeares-birthplace.html
• http//www.shmoop.com/william-shakespeare/timeline
  .htmlhttp//www.teenink.com/nonfiction/heroes/arti
  cle/464400/Shakespeares-Impact-Lasting-Forever/