Shakespear

Life and the writing of Shakespeare

Have you ever wonder if there was a great artist. Not one who drew, but one who wrote better then anyone of his time. Well look no further because here you will find you answer. I will tell you about the wonderful William Shakespeare. It is not known exactly when Shakespeare was born but, April 26, 1564 is generally the accepted date. John and Mary Arden were his parents. He began his schooling at the age of six at the Stratford grammar school, this was only a short walk from his house on Henley street. He had few siblings. It is thought that Shakespeare left school at the age of fifteen to take up a job. This was the norm at the time. It is also thought that he did it to help out since his father was having financial difficulties at the time. He worked for his father witch gained him specialized knowledge and skills.

Later in 1582 (age 18) Shakespeare married Ann Hathaway. She was the daughter of a local farmer and was eight years older than him. They had their first daughter six months later, they name her Susanna. Then two years later they had twins. They name them Judith and hamnet. Shakespeare was part of the chamberlains men. This got him started in play writing and acting.

Shakespeare is though to have started his career with the London theatrical company in 1589. In 1592 the plague closed the theater for 2 years. In this time Shakespeare turned to writing book length narrative poetry. His two best known were "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece". Both of them were dedicated to the Earl of Southampton who was Shakespeare friend and benefactor. Shakespeare also was writing sonnets during this time.

Most of Shakespeare's sonnets were written in 1590 but few were printed then. Shakespeare wrote many plays along with his sonnets. Many of his tragedies were rewrites of previous stories. Some of them were based on Roman and Greek history. Some of his tragedies would be: "Titus Andronicus", "Hamlet", "Julius...