Wednesday, July 20, 2022

William Shakespeare

              William Shakespeare is valuable and respected person in English literature. He was born on April 26,1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.His father's name was John Shakespeare and his mother's name was Mary Arden. He was probably educated at the King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford, where he learned Latin and little Greek and read the Roman dramatist.                                                                   At eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, a woman seven or eight years his senior.                                              

Bard of Avon 

 
He was an English playwright, poet and actor. Widely regarded as THE GREATEST WRITER in the English language and THE WORLD'S GREATEST DRAMATIST. 
                 He is often called English's National poet and "BARD OF AVON".
                 He wrote 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other Verses. He made tragedy. Like...  Julius Caesar, King Lear.
               His sonnets fall into two groups. His plays usually divided into four categories :histories, comedies, tragedies, and romances. 
                He died on April 23,1616,and was buried two days later at Stratford church. 

                   OTHER WORKS :

    1.Romeo and Juliet-1597
    2.The Merchant of Venice -1600
    3.Hamlet-1603
    4.Macbeth-1606.                                            5.King Lear -1608
    6.The Tempest-1611
    7.Othello-1905
                   

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