In 1564, William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small market town. [Shakespeare’s father, a wool merchant and glovemaker who devoted himself to public service, eventually attained the position of bailiff and Justice of the Peace.] (giving him enough money to send Shakespeare to a grammar school) this was the spark of his career as a poet and as a writer. [Shakespeare was one of eight children but not all his siblings grew to adulthood. Although his three brothers survived childhood, only one of his four sisters survived.] William Shakespeare played many roles. He was a talented actor, playwright, poet, father, and husband. He married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years his senior, and they had 3 children. But again, death struck his family when one of his twin sons, Hamnett, died from bubonic plague. The premature deaths of his 3 sisters and his son strongly influenced his work. His plays and poetry are dark and full of death. …show more content…
(Ruby v.5, 245) While the common subject in other sonnets was “a fair-skinned, blonde haired, virtuous woman”, most of Shakespeare’s sonnets were about a man. His sonnets featured a moral complexity that addresses misogyny, superficial beauty, and rivalry. Therefore, although sonnets were popular, Shakespeare’s poetry does not fit with the majority, and Shakespeare is considered a rulebreaker. (Ruby v.5, 253)
Most of Shakespeare’s career was in the arts. The golden globe theatre in London is associated with him. It was built by his playing company the lords chamberlain’s