William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, on the year April 23, 1564. Holy Trinity Church indicated records that Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, 3 days after he was born. William was born from his father, John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed heiress. William, was the third child of eight children of the Shakespeare household. The sad thing about the family was, three of them died in childhood due to sickness in the 16th century and weak immunity to the diseases at that time. Shakespeare produced most of his famous works such as Hamlet, Romeo Juliet, Macbeth, etc. between the years 1589 and 1613. His productions were mainly comedies and histories, which he had made continuously until the end of the 16th century. He then moved onto writing tragedies until about 1608. These compositions that he wrote were considered to be one of the greatest works of the English language as Shakespeare made new words enlisted to the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies a mix of tragic and a bit of humor events combined into one play. Shakespeare died what he loved doing on April 23th 1616 in his birth hometown.
Influence to Other Writers
Shakespeare influenced novelists such as famous authors, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, etc. Today, due to research, scholars have identified 20,000 pieces of music and writing styles linked to Shakespeare's compositions and his works. As a matter of fact, if not for Shakespeare and his remarkable writing talent and skill, many of today's classic authors would not have been able to no longer define their writings as "classics" as we call it today. Shakespeare was also known to have created more words to the new-born "English" language. Today, not only are writers influenced by the characteristics, mood, and plots of the story are, but how he created new letters in order for the people that live in the modern world, can use. Because of him, we are able to increase and show our feelings through our writings and compositions because of his influence in creating more legible and sophisticated words, and his influence on others in writing tragic, comedy, and romance based on his original dramas.
Style of Writing
Shakespeare's first plays were written in the style of the way he truly believed of what he thought was, romance, love, and peace. He wrote numerous plays and poems in a stylized language that people usually did not understand right on, but would think critically to understand it well. With the English language becoming more stylized, Shakespeare would often exaggerate in words that usually didn't always come out naturally from the needs of the characters in the story, or the stage performance. The poetry and the long sonnets of his compositions usually depended on extended, sometimes elaborate metaphors and description. The reason to this was because in acting, it often made more sense and people would have a strong idea in which how the character felt, and what he was truly expressing in the story plot. Of course, today many people who aren't bibliophiles or true fans of romantic style of books would easily fall asleep while reading one of Shakespeare's writings. However, it is said that if you read very, very carefully and understand what message that he is trying to convey to the reader and the audience, then it would clearly impact your life and learn something useful that you may later on need to know about in order to live in this world.
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