I wish you were alive to see how much about you I know. I wish you could see my "impressive" storyboard on Sonnet 13, and tell me you like it. I wish you were alive so I didn't have to do sooooo much research on you.
Quit daydreaming, kid.
....Okay, Daddy.
So anyways, I know you were born on St. George's day. April 23rd in the year 1564. I also know that you were baptized the 16th of April, in that same year. I also know that you were born to a family of.... How many kids?
well, let's count.
Before you were born, two of your sisters were born. The first, Joan Shakespeare. The poor child died in infancy, only 2 months after birth. After little Joan, came Margaret Shakespeare. This child lived longer than Joan, but only by 10 months. Margaret died at the age of 1. And then the Bard himself was born. This child atleast, survived infancy, and led us into great literacy. Though he was not the last, he was the one that outshined the Shakespeare family. After william came Gilbert Shakespeare, who was born on October 13th, 1556. Gilbert died at age 46. He died at a younger age than William did. After Gilbert, Joan was born. Yes, Mary Arden and John Shakespeare did name two of their children by the same name. Although the first one died only after a few weeks of birth. The second Joan Shakespeare survived the longest. Complete opposites with the other Joan! ut this second one died at age 77, older than any one else in this family. She was born in 1569. Three years later, in 1571, another Shakespeare child was born. Anne Shakespeare on september 28th. Anne was only alive for seven years, though. After Anne, came Ricahrd on March 11th. He was alive until the age of 39. And last but not least, Edmund Shakespeare. Edmund died in 1607, at the age of 27. Atleast the were all baptised.
The Bard was the first son of four sons. He had four sisters. There were eight children in total.
William's mother's name was mary and his father's name was John.
William shakespeare was Baptised In a Holy trinity church. William lived with his family on Henley Street, Stratford. becuase his parents decided he should be helping his father in business. It was the same year that young Anne died. This was also the year when his parents had many financial problems. Not only that, but all of the people inthat time had HYGIENE problems. Even though it might sound weird to us now, but the Elizabethan Era was very "smelly". People didn't bathe everyday, and their only was either Ale or Wine. But besides all that, Young William came home with the news of a soon newborn. He'd been with an outsir named Anne Hathaway, who was eight years older than he. She'd been 26, while Shakespeare was only eighteen. They did have their Child, and it was a girl Called Susanna Shakespeare. She was born on the year of 1583. William and Anne were married before they had Susanna, in November 1582. two years after Susanna's birth, Anne discovered she was pregnant again, and she had twins. William named the male Hamnet, and the he called his second daughter Judith. William loved his family very much.
William was quite the multi-tasker. What he did, no one could compare. He was a son, a father, a husband, an actor, a playwright, and a poet at all circumstances. He was so good ast everything he did. His first play is said to be Henry VI part I wchih was producedby the Acting troupe in the Rose Theatre, with Lord Strange's men. This was just part one, so they is assumed to be a part 2 and a part 3 of Henry VI. He wrpte these plays between the years 1590 and 1592. And during this time, playwrights were not though of as literary experts. it was poets who were known as the brains of the time- and yet, playwrights were not viewed as highly acceptable people who were educated intellectuals.
What other plays did he write? Oh, there were many. But there are those that are more popular. Let's see, have you heard about...
1) Hamlet?
2) Othello?
3) Macbeth?
4) Romeo and Juliet?
5)The Tempest?
6) Julius Caesar?
Oh, come'on. Don't tell me you haven't. That'd be like the tragedy of Macbeth...
No.
There are 37 plays in total. I listed them below as 1. Comedies, 2. Tragedies, and 3. Histories.
The Plays
Comedies
All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, Cymbeline, The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Pericles, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Troilus and Cressida, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale
Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus
Histories
1,2, and 3 Henry VI, 1 and 2 Henry IV, King John, Henry V, Henry VIII, Richard II, Richard III
And recently, I went to see "as you like it" with my class, as part of an ELA trip. Fun. I really loved it.
But, let's not forget all of his other writing.
Anyone know how many sonnets Shakespeare wrote? (raise your hand)
Celina....
.....Uhm, was it, 154?
CORRECT. William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. Oh poor me, who only had the ability and immagination to write a single one. -> I really liked my sonnet ;)
They were all listed as numbers. For example, the 54th sonnet written would be titled "Sonnet 54". That was for all.
Of course, they are those sonnets that were the most popular. Here's a list with the intro line of it:
- William Shakepeare's sonnet 18- Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
- William Shakespeare's sonnet 29- When in disgrace with fortune
- William Shakepeare's sonnet 116- Let me not to the marriage of true minds
- William Shakespeare's sonnet 126- o thou my lovely boy
- William Shakespeare's sonnet 130- My mistress's eyes
And out of all I liked Sonnet 23 the best.
* Note that that's the poem I chose to do a storyboard besides my own.
In case you wanna check out the sonnets, all 154, here's the link that gives them straight at you:
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-sonnets.htm
But Mr. Shakespeare, I really lovee your work.
It's great.
It's elaborate.
It's simple.
It's you.
BYEEEE <3
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