William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare

     William Shakespeare was born in 1564, in the small market town of Startford-Upon-Avon. He was the third of eight children. Shakespeare was born to what today would be called middle-class parents. William was baptized on April 26. According to the custom at that time, infants were baptized about three days after their birth. At age 7, William attended the Stratford grammar school with other boys of his social class. He spent nine hours a day in school. He attended class year round, except for three brief holiday periods. His teachers enforced strict discipline and physically punished students, who broke the rules. In grammar school he basically studied Latin, the language of Ancient Rome. In spite of the long hours he spent in school, Shakespeare's boyhood was not all spent on studying.

     John Shakespeare, William's father, was a glove maker who owned a shop in the town of Stratford. His father was a respected man in the town. His father held several important positions in the local government. Many Arden, William's mother was the daughter of a farmer but related to a family of considerable social standings in the county. William's parents married in 1557. William was a Roman Catholic. His family went to the Church of England, the state church.

     William became an English playwright and poet. He was generally considered (the greatest dramatist the world had written in the English language.) He was also the world's most popular author. No other writer's plays were produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries. He created charac...

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