William Shakespeare was a visionary and is the most well-known playwright in the English language, and was also known for acting and poetry (“William Shakespeare.”). His plays have been translated into almost all other languages and are some of the most often performed plays by any playwright (“William Shakespeare.”). When it comes to his poetry, Shakespeare’s 154 Sonnets which were published in 1609 are what most people refer to and analyze (“William Shakespeare.”). Some themes of these sonnets are love/lust, real beauty as opposed to fake beauty, as well as the responsibilities of being beautiful all the time. Due to where he resided being ravaged with illness that caused early deaths, his sonnets were also littered with themes of death,