Shakespeare

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Shakespeare
Life

William Shakespeare was a family man; he was a poet and a lasting literary
figure. He is considered to be the most fascinating Elizabethan dramatist due to
his writings and versatile life. Shakespeare’s career has endured for
centuries. He is one of the most studied authors of all time (Zender 22).
Shakespeare did not attend a university, yet he created 144 poems and many
plays, which are considered to be literary works of art. His writings in
comedies and tragedies show his talent is unbounded. William Shakespear’s
popularity must have extended beyond his own expectations as it touches people
even today (Zender 23). William Shakespeare was born in the year of 1564 and
died in 1616. His education consisted mostly of Latin studies- learning to read,
write, and speak the language fairly well and studying some of the classical
historians and poets. A bond, dated November 28, 1582, was executed by two men
of Stratford as a security to the bishop for the issue of a license for marriage
between Williams Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway of Stratford. One year later, a
daughter named Susanna was born on May 26, 1583. On February 2, 1585 twins were
born Hamlet and Judith. Shakespeare’s only son-died eleven years later (Groiler
1991). How Shakespeare spent the next eight years or so science 1585, until his
name begins to appear in London Theater records, is not known. There are stories
of stealing deer and getting into trouble with a local magistrate, of earning a
living as a school master in the country, of going to London and gaining entry
into the world of theater by minding horses of theater- goers. In the light of
evidence, exploits of Shakespeare’s life cannot be proved or dismissed.
Shakespeare has often been viewed from the internal evidence of his writings.
However, this method is unsatisfactory. One cannot conclude, for example from
allusions to the law that Shakespeare was a lawyer, although he clearly was a
writer who without difficulty could get whatever legal knowledge needed for the
composition of his works. It is not clear how his career in the theater began;
but from about 1594 onward, he was an important member of Lord Chamberlain’s
company of players, called the King’s Men after the accession of King James I
in 1603. The company had the best actor, Richard Burbage; they had the best
theater, the Globe; and the best dramatist, Shakespeare. It is no wonder that
the company prospered. Shakespeare became a full-time professional man of ...

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