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Research Paper | Languages and Literature | India | Volume 13 Issue 10, October 2024 | Rating: 4.7 / 10
Shakespeare, the Greatest Poet and Dramatist of English Language and Literature in the World
Abstract: Before we go into the details of Shakespeare's writings a few lines about his life is necessary to know. He was born on or about the 23rd April, 1569, at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. He was the son of a prosperous tradesman of the town, who at a little later become its High Bailiff or Mayor. Though there is no actual record of the fact, it is practically certain that, like other Stratford boys of his class, he went to the local Grammar School an excellent institution of its kind, where he was taught Latin and arithmetic. Financial misfortunes presently over took his father, and when he was about fourteen, he was taken from school that he might help the family by earning money on his own account. Of the nature of his employment Hudson says "We know nothing".1 In his 19th year he married Anne Hathaway a woman eight years his senior, the daughter of a well-to-do yeoman of the neighbouring village of Shottery. The marriage was hasty and ill-advised, and appears to have been unhappy. Three children were born to him. Susannah, and the twins, Judith and Hamnet. Tradition says that meanwhile he fell into bad company, and that a dear stealing escapade in the words of Charlecote Hall obliged him to fly from home. It is certain that a few years after his marriage roughly about 1587-he left his native town to seek his fortunes in London. At this time the drama was gaining rapidly in popularity through the work of the University Wits. Shakespeare soon turned to the stage and became first an actor and then a playwright. An ill-natured of reference to him in a pamphlet written by Greene on his death bed, shows that in 1592 he was well known as a successful author. He remained in London upwards of twenty years after this, working hard, producing on an average a couple of plays a year and growing steadily in fame and wealth. He became a shareholder in two of the leading theaters of the time, the Globe and the Black friars and purchased property in Stratford and London. But the years which brought prosperity also bought domestic sorrows. His only son died in 1596 his father in 1601, his younger brother Edmund, also an actor, in 1607 married Dr John Hall who was later celebrated as a physician, on February 10, 1616, Judith became the wife of Thomas Quiney, whose father had been one of the poet's closest friends. By this time Shakespear's heath was broken down completely, and he died on the 23rd April of that year.
Keywords: Witches, Atmosphere, Wild appearances of the Witches, thunder and lightning, fog and filthy air
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 10, October 2024,
Pages: 61 - 63