My own personal knowledge of Shakespeare includes his writings of Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. I also knew that he didn’t have the typical upbringing of that of a typical writing genius. He was truly in my eyes, the greatest poet and dramatist the world has ever seen. There aren’t many facts about Shakespeare, and that is what causes some to question his credibility. The opposing side has absolutely no evidence to argue against Shakespeare’s authenticity. He is thought to be one of the greatest of all time, but no matter how great he was, students still have a hard time interpreting his language and iambic pentameter. Because of this many students don’t even give his writing a chance to make sense of it. I have personally learned how to interpret Shakespeare’s work a whole lot better from where I started. I am able to translate easier, and by using the footnotes, I am able to see what the whole meaning is, and this allows me to compare my thinking to Shakespeare’s in writing this play. I do still continue to struggle with some of the illusions Shakespeare mentions.
I typed in “Who was Shakespeare” into google, and I visited the PBS website, Wikipedia, and shakespear.about.com
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