William Shakespeare is commonly known through out people that speak English. He is easily one of the greatest writers. However is appearance, birthday, and even identity are all uncertain due to the fact that records were not made around the mid 1500s to early 1600s. Shakespeare is thought to be born in 1564 as a 3rd child. Married Anne Hathaway in 1582 when he was 18. William had 3 kids, one died at age 11. He moved to London in 1588. Then went on to become part of a theartrical company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men. From here William built the Globe Theatre where he found much profit. Shakespeare died in 1608.
- Search Engine, Google.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/shakespeare.html.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare.
http://shakespeare.about.com/od/shakespeareslife/a/Biography.htm
When we began to read Hamlet I could not understand the context at all. And now that were further into the book and have broken down so many acts and scenes during the class period I am beginning to realize what Shakespeare is trying to convey to the reader with each word. Its weird how things that were common sense during the mid 1500s are not nearly close to the common sense we know today. To give an example a bodkin. A bodkin was commonly known as a dagger through out the people. Where no one in my class had a clue to what a bodkin was.
No comments:
Post a Comment