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How Does Shakespeare Affect Modern Culture

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The author any and everyone knows and also the inventor of the first “knock knock joke”, William Shakespeare was born sometime in April of 1564 and died April 23, 1616. Since the day he was born Shakespeare was special even in today’s modern time is special, but there is also no doubt that he is an unusual character, it even shows in his work. His life is like one huge mystery from his early life, sex life, married life/children, even drugs he used. “One thing that goes without question though, “is that he affected the modern culture we live in now.”
In the beginning William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon, April 23, 1564, so it is believed because there is not any written documentation that officially states that he was born on that exact day. “It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but …show more content…

William Shakespeare’s parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John was a glover and leather merchant. Mary was a landed local heiress. According to the Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was baptized he also had eight other siblings and he was the third of those eight, although three of his siblings died during their childhood. Joan, Margaret and Anne were the three of the siblings that lived a short life. It is believed that the three children all died of the fatal disease at the time, the
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Bubonic plague, or the Black plague. Gilbert the Shakespeare’s fourth child was born sometime between the 9th and 13th of October, 1566. It is believed that “he was named after

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