Life_And_Times_Of_William_Shakespeare

Life And Times Of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his. Shakespeare had a tremendous influence on culture and literature throughout the world. He contributed greatly to the development of the English language. Many words and phrases from Shakespeare's plays and poems have become part of our speech. Shakespeare's plays and poems have become a required part of education in the United States. Therefore, his ideas on subjects such as romantic love, heroism, comedy, and tragedy have helped shape the attitudes of millions of people. Shakespeare was born on April 23rd, 1564 in Stratford to middle class parents and was one of eight children. His father, John was a glove maker who owned a leather shop and was a well-known and respected man in the town who held several important local governmental positions. William Shakespeare's mother was Mary Arden. Though she was the daughter of a local farmer, she was related shakespeare, plays, shakespeare's, william, time, three, part, english, companies, comedy, world, tragedy, theater, stratford, poems, playwright, one, london, language, human, history, great, category, become, 1594, written, week, town, though, richard, respected, reasons, produced, popular, poet