William Shakespeare

A great influence in Literature Of the Western World.

By: Jada B. and Hailey J.Core:2

The Birth of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was Born April 23th, 1564 from his parents Mary Arden and John Shakespeare.

He is known to have been born in the Shakespeare family home.

The religion of the Shakespeare Family

William Shakespeare is CatholicThe Catholic religion was taught in their

schools and it was the official religion of England at the time.

The Shakespeare Family

The Shakespeare family included John Shakespeare and Mary Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, and his 7 brothers and sisters.

William was the third child of Mary and John.

Williams Father

Williams father, John Shakespeare married Williams mother, Mary Arden in 1557.

Williams father was known to be a town official of Stratford.

He was also a business man who had business in tanning, leatherwork and whittawering.

Williams Mother

Williams mother did not work outside of the home.

She was the youngest daughter of her family and she inherited most of her fathers landowning and farming estate when he passed away.

The marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway

William married Anne Hathaway, November, 28th 1582.

At the time of the marriage William was 18 years old and Anne was 26 and 3 months pregnant.

7 months later, they had their first daughter, Susanna.

The children of Shakespeare

William and Anne had twins shortly after Susanna was born.

Their names were Judith and Hamnet and they were born In the February of 1592.

Hamnet and Judith were named after Judith and Hamnet Sadler, friends of Shakespeare.

Hamnet, Williams only son died in 1596 at only 4 years old.

Shakespeare’s family

William’s family was unusually small because at the time, families had lots and lots of children and william only had two kids.

Williams family include His Wife, Anne, his daughter, Susanna, and his only twin that survived, Judith.

Shakespeare’s Works

Shakespeare had a total of 37 plays and 154 sonnets.

A couple plays that you might recognize are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Julius Caesar.

The death of William Shakespeare

William died, April 23rd 1616 at the age of 52.

Four weeks before his death, on March 25,1616 William made his Last Will and Testament.

William Shakespeare was buried on April 25th 1616 in Holy Trinity Church.

More on Shakespeare’s death

His tombstone were inscribed with words which are to have been written by Shakespeare himself, “Good friend for Jesus sake forbearTo dig the dust enclosed here!Blest be the man that spares these stones,And curst be he that moves my bones”

The death of Anne Hathaway

His wife, Anne Hathaway died in 1623 at the age of 67.

She was buried next to William in the Holy Trinity Church.

5 questions about Shakespeare

What is Shakespeare’s nationality?What is the name of Shakespeare’s wife?How old was Shakespeare when he died?What are two popular works by

Shakespeare?What Century did Shakespeare die in?

Answers

English was Shakespeare’s nationalityAnne Hathaway was the name of

Shakespeare’s wife52 was the age of Shakespeare when he

diedRomeo and Juliet & Hamlet were popular

works by Shakespeare17th was the century when Shakespeare

died

Fun Facts Shakespeare

Shakespeare never published any of his plays. Most of his plays were published seven years after he died.

Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway was eight years older and three months pregnant when they married.

400 years after his death, Shakespeare merits 15 million pages on Google

Shakespeare facts

No portrait of Shakespeare was every painted while he was alive.

Shakespeare and company built two Globe Theatres

Although Shakespeare was a great playwright, many members of his family were illiterate.

Not only did Shakespeare write plays and sonnets, but also he also performed in a number or his own plays and those by other playwrights.

Shakespeare Quotes

Shakespeare is not only famous for his plays, and sonnets, but for his quotes too.

“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages”

More Shakespeare Quotes

“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late”

“If music be the food of love, play on”“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for

then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser”

“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser”

Sources

The websites we used to make this presentation were…

www.william-shapespeare.org.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare http://www.shakespeare-literature.com/l_biograp

hy.html http://absoluteshakespeare.com/ http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/will

iamsha126045.html

The End

We hope you learned a lot of new things about Shakespeare.

We had a lot of fun making this Presentation so we really hope you enjoyed it.