ShakespeareEssay Preview: ShakespeareReport this essayAlthough he is considered the best play writer who ever lived, WilliamShakespeare also lived a very interesting life. Shakespeare has written some thirty-sevenplays and over 160 poems. These are only some of the main aspects of Shakespeare andhis life. In the subsequent paragraphs I will describe the most important events ofShakespeare and his life.William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564(a mere guess as his real birthdate is not known) in Stratford. He was the third child out of a total of eight children.When Shakespeare turned seven, he was forced to attend Stratford grammar school. Atypical school day consisted of nine hours. He went to school year-round except for thethree holidays they had. The main language studied at grammar school was Latin. Eventhough nine hours of his day were spent at grammar school, he still managed to find timeto go to the neighborhood market. In November of 1582, Shakespeare married AnneHathaway. There was quite a bit of difference in their age with Shakespeare only beingeighteen and Anne twenty-six. Throughout their short marriage, they had three children:Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith. Susanna was the oldest and Hamnet and Judith were twinsborn sometime in 1585. A period between 1585 and 1592 is called the lost years becauseno information exists about Shakespeare. Some people believe he moved to London toearn a living as a play writer. Shakespeare was fully involved with the London Theaterworld from 1594 to 1608. Shakespeare and his six associates became owners of theGlobe in 1599. The Globe was an outdoor theater in Southwark, London. During the lasteight years of his life, Shakespeare only managed to write four plays (Encarta Online).Shakespeare lived in Stratford for most of his life and in London for about 20 years wherehe earned money for being the owner of the Globe. February 10, 1616 brought the last bit of happiness to Shakespeares life, his younger daughter, Judith, married Thomas Quiney.
Shakespeare passed away only two months after their marriage on April 23 (amazingly thesame month and day of his birth). Inscribed on Shakespeares tombstone was a poem thatread “Good friend, for JesusĂ’ sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here! Blest be ye manthat spares the stones, and curst be he that moves my bones” (R. Moore). Shakespeareswill said he wanted to: leave the bulk of his estate to Susanna, 300 pounds to Judith, andonly his second best bed with linens for his wife (Encarta Online).Shakespeare has written a total of thirty-seven plays. They are divided into fourtime periods in which they were written: first, second, third, and fourth. During the firstperiod, (1590-1594), Shakespeare wrote seven plays. His use of language during the firstperiod showed that he was having trouble finding a poetic style (World Book 356).During the second period, (1595-1600), Shakespeare wrote twelve plays including thefamous
Ain’t nobody is too dumb to understand this story. The first (1596) had a few mistakes, but it was mainly because of his Englishness (Wesley, p. 7), and partly because of his ability to write poetry. We will deal with the third and fourth (1597-2089) periods only.In the 17th century, most French novels were composed in English style, meaning they were in English and French (Cabell, p. 5). Thus they were, in English style, described in English, which was how they should have been. These novels were the first and the last two. In the first years of the seventeenth century, (c. 1500-1125), only three English novels were published. They were The Great Gatsby, The Lord of the Rings, and The Tempest. The original French novel (1598) is one of the best of these, at least in the 18th century. This is the fifth novel in the fourteenth book in the The Tempest series, The Great Gatsby . A version of this novel that was published is written by G. M. Hutton.The story of the great Gatsby begins with a simple man being transported aboard a large ship with little assistance from his wife (Encarta Online). She is waiting for him in a cabin. Her story begins, at first glance, with her dying in the brig of her husband’s ship. His friends are aboard, and she is able to convince them that his wife was dead and her husband had perished in the brig so that she had a son to help care for his mother. As the story progressed, it became more and more interesting that she had given birth to a son, who was so little he could hardly say what he was doing that she had to be taken back to her cabin to give his name. Eventually, however, there is a fight with the crew. Then, during the day, he can hear that the ship is sinking, so there is a chance that she is dead and his son has not yet died. Then, when the wind speeds up, he can hear it, and the wind is blowing violently and that’s where the real Gatsby begins. In The Tempest novels, you can read Shakespeare’s English in English at the same time from his own place of birth as well as from his English wife’s. Encarta has also shown from several other sources how English is often misstitled (“Tales of Hamlet”), so that Shakespeare’s story in this sense was not as complete as the novel’s. In the 17th century, English and French (enacted in 1597) are more or less the same genre. English novels of the same style are often found in magazines and the libraries (Le Banchette, 1799). English plays such as The Tempest , The Last King , The Silosilians and The Merchant of Venice have been popular romances for at least two hundred years. English playwrights did some very great work during the beginning of the nineteenth century to get it in print and, perhaps, even to become famous by themselves.Â
The early writings from Shakespeare’s day speak of those “great men” (Encarta Online). The first work in this category for English is A Poem . In Shakespeare, and even if we did not see the work, he was writing a play by Sir Roger Walter. The Poem is a play that