William shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Lana Maisuradze

Keso Etsadashvili

Early Life

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon 100 miles northwest of London, and was baptised a few days later on 26 April 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a well-known landowner from Wilmcote, South Warwickshire.

Shakespeare was educated at the local King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford. The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer - She was eight years older than him and was already pregnant. soon they had a daughter named sussana. Then they had twins, son Hamnet and daughter Judith. Hamnet died at the age of 11 but the reason is unknown.

Education and Marriage

The period between 1585 and 1592 is known as the “Lost Years” because there are no documentary records of Shakespeare’s activities. then, in 1951, he Moved to London and became an actor. he Worked with the Lord Chamberlin’s company of players. Along with acting, he also wrote some of the most enowned and studied literature written in the English language, Poems-famous for his sonnets, Plays-Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories

Later Years

Works Of Literature

– comedies:– As You Like It

– Comedy of Errors

– Midsummer Night’s Dream

– Much Ado About Nothing

– Tragedies : – Julius Caesar

– Hamlet

– Othello

– Romeo and Juliet

He wrote 37 very successful plays. His vocabulary was HUGE-somewhere between 17,000 and 34,000 words! The estimated vocabulary of an educated person today is around 15,000 words. There are words, that first appeared in his plays : Accommodation lonely, Assassination gloomy, Dexterously fretful, Dislocate suspicious, Obscene hurry, Reliance, Premeditate.

William Shakespeare Returned to Stratford around 1610 where he lived as a country gentleman Wealthy-Owned one of the largest homes in town. Died in Stratford in 1616 at the age of 52. His death was a mystery. It is rumored that he drank too much and contracted a fever or that he died from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Last Years