William Shakespeare has stood the test of time so well that even now we study and speak of him. More than four hundred years after his birth, he is held in the highest regard as the world's greatest poet and playwright. Even the prominent society was respectful of him in his own time. "Over the span of his fifty two years, from a relatively obscure background, he achieved fame, wealth and status without ever losing touch with his roots in his native home of Warwickshire."1
William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden sometime in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was baptized on the 26th of April; therefore, it is assumed that he was born around April 23rd due to the fact that the infant mortality rate was not very good at that particular time. His father was a prominent and prosperous alderman in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, and was later granted a coat of arms by the College of Heralds. It is presumed that young William attended the Stratford......

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