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William Shakespeare
Tips for reading Shakespeare
-Don't let anyone deter you from reading a translation in addition to the original text.
-Pay close attention to the punctuation, they often indicate a shift into a new idea.
-Royalty or those of a higher class speak in verse, and peasants or common people speak in pros
https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/henryv/
10 tricks for understanding shakespeare: https://www.prestwickhouse.com/File%20Library/eBooks/10-strategies-for-understanding-shakespeare.pdf
Biographical Information
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Was born April 23rd, 1564
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He did not go to university
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married Anne Hathaway 1585
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Had a son named Hamlet who died
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moved to London in 1580s
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1590’s he is writing and acting
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1597, he had written 15 of 37 plays attributed to him
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Known to be a good businessman
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Was a poet out of economic necessity, he wrote 154 sonnets
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Believed to have died on his birthday April 23rd, 1616
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His writing is the second most quoted after the Bible.
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