William Shakespeare Research Paper

William Shakespeare Although not everyone enjoys him, Shakespeare was an impeccable and inspiring writer during his lifetime. He has done many astonishing things during his life. “[He] wrote over thirty plays…[as well as] invented over thousands over words.” (Poets.org) Just to name off very few of the many remarkable things he had done over his period of fifty-two to fifty-three years. From his poetry to his plays, William Shakespeare’s works reflects his personality, and views, that continued throughout his life. William Shakespeare was born in late April of the year 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, to John and Mary Arden Shakespeare. After attending “petty school” which is the equivalent of elementary school today. He was most likely educated

Many have said that Shakespeare had a very peculiar sense of humor, and an even more so peculiar sense of writing. For example Shakespeare’s comedy Taming of the Shrew is about two sisters Bianca and Katharina. Bianca has many, many suitors, but her father refuses to let her marry until her “shrewish” sister Katharina is betrothed herself. Bianca’s suitors convince a man by the name Petruchio to court Katharina. Petruchio agrees to marry Katharina and he takes her to his home where he decides he is going to make her completely and utterly submissive to him. He starves her, denies her new clothing, and denies her sleep, but he gives her continuous praises. This “tames” Katharina. Them they return to Padua where they find Bianca to be married to Lucentio, at a banquet Petruchio and Lucentio wager on who is the most obedient wife. Both wives are given a set of tasks and only Katharina obeys, afterwards she gives a lecture on the high importance of wifely submission. Some people may find this funny, but many may

Many scholars and Shakespearian lovers alike like to believe that the story of Hamlet was written based upon the death of his son Hamnet. Now enough of this suggestive humor and tales of woe. Although Shakespeare is known moreso for his plays rather than his poetry he wrote over 100 sonnets and poems. “Sonnets 1-126, [are] addressed to a beloved friend, a handsome and noble young man, and sonnets 127-152, to a malignant but fascinating “Dark Lady,".” (Poets.org) Sonnet 18 being favored in English classes compares some person to a Summer’s day and shows them how their love will never fade. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate… By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (Poets.org) Shakespeare wrote his sonnets in what is now called Shakespearean. It consists of a form of three quatrains and a