William Shakespeare: A Biography Exploring the world of poetry in a higher-level English course is inevitable. Of course when studying various forms of poems, the well-renowned English wordsmith William Shakespeare will come across the desks of English students multiple times. His poetic, literary, and drama contributions have revolutionized the English language, causing many modern students to struggle over comprehending the poet’s works. However many students analyze Shakespearean works without having an informed background of the writer himself. The goal of this paper is to provide informative discussion regarding the circumstances and development of Shakespeare’s life that caused the prominence of his career to this day.
To encompass the most important aspects of William Shakespeare’s life, we have organized my paper into five main sections. In the first section, we provide a summarized account of William Shakespeare’s personal life, including details about his birth and death, schooling, and family composition. In the second section, we outline Shakespeare’s professional life during two stages: career as an actor and career as a playwright. In the third section, we discuss the important events that occurred in his life and elaborate in the fourth section about the major influences that have affected his life and works. Finally, we
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One point of contention that has been argued by Stratfordians and Oxfordians for years is whether or not Shakespeare was the legitimate author to his literary works. Significant relevant information express Shakespeare as “not clever enough” to compose the poems and sonnets that have established the Bard. In the article “Shakespeare Authorship Controversy” by Lee Jamieson, the debate of the originality of the plays is colloquially summarized. According to Lee Jamieson, “Shakespeare Expert” from