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biography of William Shakespeare . (350 words)

Answer 1

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".

His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 39 plays,154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. At age 49 around 1613, he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, which has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.

In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances and collaborated with other playwrights.

Answer 2

William Shakespeare was one of the prolific writers of the Elizabethan era. He was a 16th-century writer who has written many plays. He is said to be the greatest dramatists of the English Language. He had written many comedies, and sonnets. He is known for his tragedies. Shakespeare followed the definition of the tragedy which Aristotle had given in his book “Poetics.”Shakespeare followed a new tradition of using blank verse in iambic pentameter.  Shakespeare's comedies are full of witty dialogues and wordplay exchanged by the characters.