Need 1 very interesting fact on William Shakespeare and where you got it?

Question

yep, title says it all.

Answer 1

He had a gay lover. He wrote sonnets to him

Answer 2

Oh, there are lots of speculations going on out there, regarding Shakespeare. Most of them are inconsequential...like, who really cares whether Shakespeare was straight or not?

But there are some who believe that Shakespeare did not even exist (in the way that we're familiar with), and that his works are actually composites of other peoples' writings.

I could copy & paste the entire Wikipedia article, but I won't. Aside from the fact that it's cheating, and an easy way to fill space without actually doing any work, it also implies that I didn't devote very much thought to your Question. A link should suffice.

For reference purposes, here is the article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare#Speculations_about_Shakespeare

Answer 3

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616)[1] was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, and as the world's preeminent dramatist.[2] He wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems.[3] Already popular in his own lifetime, Shakespeare became more famous after his death and his work was adulated by many prominent cultural figures through the centuries.[4] He is often considered to be England's national poet[5] and is sometimes referred to as the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard")[6] or the "Swan of Avon".[7]

Orthodox scholars believe Shakespeare produced most of his work between 1586 and 1612, although the exact dates and chronology of the plays attributed to him are under considerable debate—as is the authorship of the works attributed to him. He is counted among the few playwrights who have excelled in both tragedy and comedy; his plays combine popular appeal with complex characterisation, and poetic grandeur with philosophical depth.

Shakespeare's works have been translated into every major living language,[8] and his plays are continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in the literature and history of the English-speaking world,[9] and many of his quotations and neologisms have passed into everyday usage in English and other languages. Many have speculated about Shakespeare's life, including his sexuality and religious affiliation.

Answer 4

Act I, Scene 5
Ghost
With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts,--
O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power
So to seduce!


"Wit and gifts" might refer to Bishop Whitgift, the man who instigated the crack-down on recusants which perhaps caused the decline in fortunes of Shakespeare's father. Also, Whitgift signed Shakespeare's marriage license (when he married an older woman) and later he signed the license for the publication of Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis," a poem about a boy seduced by a goddess. "

Answer 5

His wife was 6 years older than him. She was pregnant when the got married. When she died she left him the second best bed in the house.

Answer 6

check out http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xfacts.html

Answer 7

his friends called him will