William Shakespeare

“TO BE, OR NOT TO BE: THAT IS THE QUESTION.”

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

ENGLISH POET, DRAMATIST, AND ACTOR, CONSIDERED BY MANY

TO BE THE GREATEST DRAMATIST OF ALL T IME.

SOME OF SHAKESPEARE 'S PLAYS, SUCH AS HAMLET AND

ROMEO AND JULIET, ARE AMONG THE MOST FAMOUS L ITERARY

P IECES OF THE WORLD.

William Shakespeare was born in

Stratford upon Avon about April 23rd

1564. His father William was a successful

local businessman and his mother Mary

was the daughter of a landowner.

Shakespeare’s house in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, was built in

Bankside in 1599

TOP 10 LIST OF FAVORITE SHAKESPEARE QUOTES:

#10Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Shakespeare

#9

Give thy thoughts no tongue. Shakespeare

#8

To business that we love we rise betime, And go to 't with delight. Shakespeare

#7

They do not love that do not show their love. Shakespeare

#6

From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world. Shakespeare

#5

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend. Shakespeare

#4

How far that little candle throws his beams. So shines a good deed in a weary world. Shakespeare

#3

All that glisters is not gold. Shakespeare

#2

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. Shakespeare

#1

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. Shakespeare

Shakespeare's funerary monument in Stratford-

upon-Avon.