WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• CHELSEA FIGUEROA
• MR.FERRARO
• 5/12/09

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William Shakespeare Life

• William Shakespeare was born in Stratford
  and he was middle class. He dedicated the two
  poems to Henry Wriothesley 3rd earl of
  Southampton. He was for the life of the
  greatest writer in the English language. William
  Shakespeare wrote his most important history
  plays in the period from 1596 to 1598, plays that
  revel both his dramatic mastery and his deep
  understanding of politics and history.

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William Shakespeare's childhood

• William Shakespeares birth is unknown but
  his baptism was on April 26, 1564. William
  Shakespeare the third of eight children, was the
  eldest son of John Shakespeare, his father was a
  locally prominent glove maker and wool merchant.
  The eldest son would have ordinarily have been
  apprenticed to his fathers shop after he
  completed grammar school so he could learn and
  eventually take over the business. William
  Shakespeare probably attended the Stratford
  grammar school, the kings new school, which
  educated the sons of Stratford citizen.

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Family

• William Shakespeare got married at the age of
  18 with Anne Hathaway he had a daughter named
  Susanna and twins Hamlet and Judith. Sometime
  after the birth of the twins Shakespeare
  apparently left Stratford, but no records have
  turned up to reveal his activity between their
  birth and his presence in London in 1592 when he
  already worked at the theater. William
  Shakespeare arrived in London about 1588, and by
  1592 he had attained sufficient success as an
  actor and a playwright to attract the venom of an
  anxious rival.

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Occupation

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Hardships
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Accomplishments
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Death
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Interesting Facts
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Bibliography
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