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William Shakespeare – a brief biography William Shakespeare was born on 23 April 1564 to John and Mary Shakespeare at Stratford- upon-Avon. He went to King’s New School, a local grammar school, and is said to have left  formal education at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Nothing much is known about his life from  1585 to 1590s and these years are hence termed “the lost years”. His emergence as a  playwright took place during the 1590s and by 1598, Shakespeare was renowned for writing  tragedy, comedy and history plays, besides poetry. He flourished as a playwright through the  Elizabethan and Jacobean ages, and died in 1616. The first anthology of his works, known as  the first folio, was published posthumously, in 1623.   The story A play in five acts, the first scene of Henry IV, Part I begins with a conversation between the  King, Westmoreland and Sir Walter Blunt in the palace. The King begins his dialogue with  an acknowledgement of the d...

A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place in Athens. Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is planning his marriage with Hippolyta, and as a result he is a planning a large festival.Egeus enters, followed by his daughter Hermia, her beloved Lysander, and her suitorDemetrius. Egeus tells Theseus that Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius, wanting instead to marry Lysander. He asks for the right to punish Hermia with death if she refuses to obey.Theseus agrees that Hermia's duty is to obey her father, and threatens her with either entering a nunnery or marrying the man her father chooses. Lysander protests, but is overruled by the law. He and Hermia than decide to flee by night into the woods surrounding Athens, where they can escape the law and get married. They tell their plan to Helena, a girl who is madly in love with Demetrius. Hoping to gain favor with Demetrius, Helena decides to tell him about the plan. Some local artisans and workmen have decided to perform a play for Theseus as a way ...

On a Venice street at night, Iago tells Roderigo that Othello, the Moorish general of the Venetian army, has eloped with Roderigo’s beloved Desdemona, daughter of Brabantio. Iago reassures Roderigo that he hates Othello because he made Michael Cassio his lieutenant while Iago remains the general’s ensign, a position of lower rank. Iago and Roderigo wake Brabantio and tell him of Desdemona’s flight. Brabantio storms off with officers to apprehend Othello. Brabantio arrives at Othello’s lodging at the same time as messengers who request the general’s presence before the Duke on state matters. The enraged Brabantio demands justice against Othello, and they depart to have audience with the Duke.   The Duke and members of the Senate discuss news that the Turks have launched a fleet to attack Venetian- controlled Cyprus. Brabantio accuses Othello of using witchcraft to ensnare his daughter. Othello describes their courtship; Desdemona is sent for and confirms that she freely gave her...

 THE TEMPEST SUMMARY Mid sea missery: A storm strikes a ship carrying Alonso, Ferdinand, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Stephano, and Trinculo, who are on their way to Italy after coming from the wedding of Alonso’s daughter, Claribel, to the prince of Tunis in Africa. The royal party and the other mariners, with the exception of the unflappable Boatswain, begin to fear for their lives. Lightning cracks, and the mariners cry that the ship has been hit. Everyone prepares to sink. Mysterious island scene: The next scene begins much more quietly. Miranda and Prospero stand on the shore of their island, looking out to sea at the recent shipwreck. Miranda asks her father to do anything he can to help the poor souls in the ship. Prospero assures her that everything is all right and then informs her that it is time she learned more about herself and her past. He reveals to her that he orchestrated the shipwreck and tells her the lengthy story of her past, a story he has often started to tel...

William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan poet and playwright that is he lived during the time of the Tudor monarch Elizabeth the first he is widely considered the greatest dramatist in English Literature, the Bard of Avon and England’s National poet. On     speaking about   Shakespeare's imagination the French writer Alexander Tumanov   said “After God Shakespeare has created most” . Shakespeare was born in 1564 at Stratford-upon-Avon in England as a son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden .   Shakespeare’s father was a Glover and his mother belong to a wealthy landowning   family . Probably Shakespeare was educated in a grammar school whose curriculum consisted of Latin grammar and classics . His contemporary Ben Johnson has written that Shakespeare new small Latin and less Greek. At the age of 18 he   married   Anne Hatheway who was 8 years senior to him and with Anne   Shakespeare had three children a daughter by name Susanna and twins H...