SHAKESPEARE

FACTS

• Born April 23rd, 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon
• Died April 23rd, 1616.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

• William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets and more than 30 plays
• Only 18 of his plays we're published.
• He wrote many tragedies, comedies and histories.
• Famous sonnets would be Romeo and Juliet, Midnight Summers Dream and King Henry
• Shakespeare also wrote 2 narrative poems.

ACHIEVEMENTS CONTINUED

• Romance was never a worthy topic for tragedy until after Romeo and Juliet.
• William Shakespeare shaped the English grammar, spelling, and pronunciation.

HIS BELIEFS, FEELINGS AND IDEAS

• Shakespeare was to be told to have Christian beliefs
• He didn't seem destined for greatness.
• Didn't search for wealth
• "Shakespeare wanted art"
• Believed in humanism and used it through his writing

QUOTES

• "If music be the food of love, play on"
• "An overflow of good converts to bad"
• "This above all; to throne own self be true"
• "False face must hide what the false heart doth know"

SOURCES

• Poets.org
• Bbc.co.uk
• Brainyquotes.com