WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

TIMELINE

• April 23rd, 1564: Born
• 1590: Writes his first play "Henry VI, part one"
• 1590: Moves to London to begin work as a playwright and an actor
• 1611: Moves back to Stratford where his wife and married daughters live
• April 23rd, 1616: Dies

LOCATIONS

• Born in Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Left Stratford to work in London in 1590
• Moved back to Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1611
• Died in Stratford-Upon-Avon on his 52nd birthday
• He worked as a playwright and as an actor

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

• Invented thousands of words such as 'downstairs'
• Wrote the more than 30 plays
• Joined The Lord Chamberlains company of actors in 1594
• Published "Romeo and Juliet" in 1597 and 1599
• Opened his theaters up to poor people

BELIEFS/HUMANISM

• He was an independent thinker
• "Hamlet" includes self awareness about people.
• Made repeated, sympathetic, references to Catholicism in his plays

HUMANISM

• Invented thousands of words such as 'downstairs'
• Let poor people into his plays

QUOTES

• "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
• "A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
• "Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind."
• "The empty vessel makes the loudest sound."
• "In time we hate that which we often fear."

WORKS CITED

• http://www.literarygenius.info/religion-of-the-shakespeares.htm
• http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/william-shakespeare-38.php
• http://www.shmoop.com/william-shakespeare/timeline.html
• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_shakespeare.html
• http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/facts.html