William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare’s Education and Childhood
Shakespeare probably began his education at the age of six or seven at the Stratford grammar school, which is still…
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Shakespeare’s Burial
Shakespeare is buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church in his hometown of Stratford, Warwickshire. His gravestone bears an…
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Shakespeare was a famous and respected dramatist at the time of his death. Why was so little attention paid to his passing?
Shakespeare was indeed a man of fame and wealth for many years before his death, thanks in great part to…
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How Did Shakespeare Die?
The cause of Shakespeare’s death is a mystery, but an entry in the diary of John Ward, the vicar of…
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Shakespeare’s Birth
The baptismal register of the Holy Trinity parish church, in Stratford, shows the following entry for April 26, 1564: Gulielmus filius…
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How to Analyze a Shakespearean Sonnet
Writing an essay on a Shakespearean sonnet can be quite a challenge. The following are a few tips to help…
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Shakespeare’s Writing Style
Shakespeare used a metrical pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, called blank verse. His plays were composed using…
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Going to a Play in Shakespeare’s London: Simon Forman’s Diary
Renaissance records of Shakespeare’s plays in performance are exceedingly scarce. However, those few contemporary accounts that have survived provide brief…
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Violence in Shakespeare: Suicide, Murder, and Combat in Shakespeare’s Plays
Introduction Elizabethan and Jacobean audiences reveled in shocking drama. While patrons liked a good comedy, they consistently packed the theatres…
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Shakespearean Scholars
Joseph Quincy Adams (1881-1946). Adams was a professor at Cornell University and the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library from 1931…
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