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   Our comprehensive guide includes a detailed biography, social and historical context, quotes, and more to help you write your essay on Shakespeare or understand his plays and poems.

   • Early Life

     Early Life. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in...

   • Actors

     At the beginning of the Restoration period, Charles granted...

   • Women in Shakespeare's Writing

     The majority of Shakespeare’s major female characters are...

   • Top 10 Shakespeare Quotes

     Shakespeare is the most quoted author of all time. Most...

   • Sexuality in Shakespeare's England

     Just as the term “heterosexuality” didn’t exist in...

   • Sexuality in Shakespeare's Plays

     Shakespeare reflected Elizabethan standards of...

   • Tragedy

     For one thing, Shakespeare’s tragedies frequently contain...

   • A Glossary of Common Shakespearean Words

     Shakespeare frequently uses words which no longer exist in...

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   Early Life. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small town in the middle of the English countryside. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glover and public servant with social ambitions, as suggested by his marriage to Mary Arden, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer.

3. www.shakespeare.org.uk › explore-shakespeare › shakeWilliam Shakespeare Biography

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   • New Place; A Home in Stratford-Upon-Avon

   Records survive relating to William Shakespeare’s family that offer an understanding of the context of Shakespeare's early life and the lives of his family members. John Shakespeare marriedMary Arden, and together they had eight children. John and Mary lost two daughters as infants, so William became their eldest child. John Shakespeare worked as a...

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   Shakespeare's career jump-started in London, but when did he go there? We know Shakespeare's twins were baptised in 1585, and that by 1592 his reputation was established in London, but the intervening years are considered a mystery. Scholars generally refer to these years as ‘The Lost Years’. During his time in London, Shakespeare’s first printed w...

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   Altogether Shakespeare's works include 38 plays, 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets, and a variety of other poems. No original manuscripts of Shakespeare's plays are known to exist today. It is actually thanks to a group of actors from Shakespeare's company that we have about half of the plays at all. They collected them for publication after Shakespea...

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   Shakespeare’s success in the London theatres made him considerably wealthy, and by 1597 he was able to purchase New Place,the largest house in the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon. Although his professional career was spent in London, he maintained close links with his native town. Recent archaeological evidence discovered on the site of Shakespeare’...

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4. www.litcharts.com › lit › hamletHamlet Study Guide | Literature Guide - LitCharts

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   Hamlet: Introduction. A concise biography of William Shakespeare plus historical and literary context for Hamlet. Hamlet: Plot Summary. A quick-reference summary: Hamlet on a single page. Hamlet: Detailed Summary & Analysis. In-depth summary and analysis of every scene of Hamlet. Visual theme-tracking, too. Hamlet: Themes.

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   A short summary of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Romeo and Juliet.

6. www.enotes.com › topics › william-shakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Biography - eNotes.com

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   Examine the life, times, and work of William Shakespeare through detailed author biographies on eNotes.

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   Who was William Shakespeare?

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   What is Shake-speare about?

   • In it, Shake-speare devotes himself to exploring the positive, joyful, and romantic aspects of young love.

   Romeo and Juliet (SparkNotes)

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   When was William Shakespeare born?

   • William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April (see When was Shakespeare born), which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616.

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   Why is William Shakespeare important?

   • William Shakespeare continues to be one of the most important literary figures of the English language. Shakespeare’s success in the London theatres made him considerably wealthy, and by 1597 he was able to purchase New Place, the largest house in the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon.

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   How much do we know about Shakespeare?

   • Shakespeare's life is unusually well-documented: there are well over 100 references to Shakespeare and his immediate family in local parish, municipal, and commercial archives and we also have at least fifty observations about Shakespeare's plays (and through them, his life) from his contemporaries.

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   • Read on to explore our comprehensive guide to Shakespeare's world, including his early life, marriage, social context and best-known quotes. Explore Shakespeare's life, from his humble beginnings to his triumph in London and the family tragedies that may have informed his plays.

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8. riversidecampus.com › uploads › 2020Romeo and Juliet (SparkNotes) - Riverside Campus

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   A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive. At first sight, he falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of his family’s archenemy, Capulet. Though he is capable of the most intense love, Romeo is no mere pretty-boy: he proves himself to be a fine swordsman in the course of the play.