Historical Figures Takeover

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Hell you all! Jo, journalist curator, here for another #takeover!

This week is about...

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

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              ┊i.   Who is he?

               ┊ii. His life

                ┊iii. His work

                      ┊iv. Impact

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First of all, Shakespeare's full name is William Shakespeare. He's an English poet, playwright and actor. People don't really know when he was born, but they know that he's been baptized on april 26th 1564, therefore, we think he might be born on april 23rd of the same year.

Shakespeare is a big historical figure that left in mark in the Renaissance, and still is "existing" today. Who doesn't know who William Shakespeare is? Nobody. The name might not sound familiar, but when you'll see what plays he wrote, you'll know who he is. He was doing drama, so his plays were not funny and happy. They were mainly depressing, but also beautiful. It takes very good actors to play them.

Shakespeare is an inspiration in both poetry and theater!

Shakespeare was born in Warwick, England. He was born in a very catholic family! His father was a peasant, then became a leather worker. His mother was a bourgeois. There is not much infos on his childhood. We do know though that he went to Stratford's school. His father also had financial problems.

It is believed that he got married to Anne Hathaway because of an unpredicted pregnancy before marriage. His wife gave birth to their daughter Suzanne, then 2 years later, of twins.

Before 1590, not much is known about Shakespeare's life. But at that point, he starts his masterpiece.

Shakespeare died in 1616, which means he lived for 52 years. I saw in my death and religion class that in those years, living until those years were very wonderful. People usually didn't last this long.

Here are some famous work that he made:

Romeo and Juliet

This one is mostly a love story...but a dramatic one. It is by far one of his most popular work, inspired many movies and other plays...and books too. Romeo and Juliet is part of the saddest love stories ever. If you haven't read it or saw it, don't. It's sad!! (But do so, it's so good).

Hamlet

To be or not to be? Here is the play everyone is always quoting! Yes, that famous scene with the skull comes from Hamlet, which is about a student that is supposed to be on a killing spree, but is actually being all philosophical and starts thinking about death.

Macbeth

This one is about a lord that murders his wife and regrets it. It's a rather tragic and dark play but it's very famous too.

Midsummer night's dream

This one is more of a fantasy play! It is about fairies in the woods that want to solve the romance life of a mortal man that was lost.

Shakespeare died 400 years ago and is still being alive with us to this date. He is known worldwide since his plays were translated in so many languages. His plays are also part of school studies in universities or even high schools.

Shakespeare is also the father of modern english. He had over three thousands words that didn't exist in his place and those words were put in dictionaries. So Shakespeare is everywhere

Musicians and authors get inspired by shakespeare, he literally had an impact on everything, which is why he is an historical figure today!

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Thank you all for reading!

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