Bulletin board by Emmanuel Diaz

william shakespeare

emmanueldiaz742 — 2024-01-11 20:18:06 UTC

-A well known poet from England

-wrote numerous plays

-his success began in London as an actor

-born in April 1564

-died on April 23 1616

-Anne Hathaway was his spouse from 1582–1616

-he had 3 children two were twins but one of the twins tragically died at only 11 years old

Shakespeare as a poet

emmanueldiaz742 — 2024-01-13 07:35:06 UTC

Shakespeare is unique compared to other poets, such as Homer and Dante, and novelists, such as Leo Tolstoy and Charles Dickens Shakespeare understood the emotions of people and how to use them to creat memorable pieces of literature.

The elizabethan era

emmanueldiaz742 — 2024-01-13 07:42:38 UTC

-elizabethan era was the time period that queen elizabeth the first ruled from 1558-1603

-william shakespeare also made several plays for the queen

-plays in this time period were disliked because business owners would have employees who would ditch work to watch them but since the queen liked them they were there to stay helping shakespeare become widely known

queen elizabeth the 1st

emmanueldiaz742 — 2024-01-13 07:51:58 UTC

only surviving child of henry the VIII
After Henry's death in 1547, Elizabeth's younger half-brother Edward VI ruled until his own death in 1553
the queen never married and because of this she is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".