William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare

The BeginningThe Beginning

BackgroundBackground

SchoolSchool

MarriageMarriage

The ActorThe Actor

The WriterThe Writer

RetirementRetirement

DeathDeath

Good friend for Good friend for Jesus sake Jesus sake forbearforbearTo dig the dust To dig the dust enclosed here!enclosed here!Blest be the man Blest be the man that spares these that spares these stones,stones,And curst be he And curst be he that moves my that moves my bonesbones

Shakespeare's InfluenceShakespeare's Influence

Invented about 2000 wordsInvented about 2000 words aerial, critic, submerge, majestic, hurry, lonely, road, aerial, critic, submerge, majestic, hurry, lonely, road,

assassination, laughable, reliance, assassination, laughable, reliance, mountaineer, mountaineer, fortune-teller, bandit, watch-dog, schoolboy, shooting fortune-teller, bandit, watch-dog, schoolboy, shooting star, moonbeam, dew-drop, dawn, alligator, lady-bird, star, moonbeam, dew-drop, dawn, alligator, lady-bird, luggage, eyeball, love-letter, farmhouse, birthplace, luggage, eyeball, love-letter, farmhouse, birthplace, worthless, long-legged, pale-faced, hot-blooded, flea-worthless, long-legged, pale-faced, hot-blooded, flea-bitten, green-eyed, upstairs, downstairs,bitten, green-eyed, upstairs, downstairs, exposure...... exposure......

Responsible for many phrasesResponsible for many phrases Break the ice', 'All that glitters is not gold', 'Hot-Break the ice', 'All that glitters is not gold', 'Hot-blooded', 'In the mind’s eye', ‘blooded', 'In the mind’s eye', ‘Heart of goldHeart of gold ’,’,'Housekeeping', 'It’s all Greek to me', 'The naked 'Housekeeping', 'It’s all Greek to me', 'The naked truth', 'One fell swoop', 'Method in his madness'.....truth', 'One fell swoop', 'Method in his madness'..... , ,

Sonnet 18 Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.