Thou must throweth down!!!

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Thou must throweth down!!!

• Come, come, you talk greasily your lips grow
  foul.
• Thou roguish spur-galled hedge-pig!

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William Shakespeare

• To thine own self be true --Hamlet

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Youngin life(Holla BackWooo Woo)

• Baptized on April 26th, 1564 (birthday is
  unknown, however, speculated to be April 23rdthe
  same day he died in 1616.)
• Born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon.
• He was the 3rd child of 8, and the eldest son to
  John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.
• It is said he was educated at the Kings New
  School in Stratfordalthough, again, this fact is
  disputed.
• Scholars argue that he was an educated man
  because, although no attendance records exist of
  Shakespeare attending school, the references he
  makes to what a school boy during this time would
  have been instructed to learn about is evidence
  enough.

Fabolous is similar to Shakespeare in the fact
that, like his album cover states, he went from
Nothin to somethin.
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Growing up(Thats the sound of growing up.)

• When Shakespeare was 18 he
• married 26-year-old Anne Hathaway.
• Married 27th of November, 1582 in some haste
  (its rumored that Anne was pregnant).
• 6 months after their marriage, Susannah was
  baptized on 26th of May, 1583.
• Twin sons Hamnet and Judith were born 2 years
  later and baptized on the 2nd of February, 1585.
• Hamnet died of unknown causes at age 11 and was
  buried on the 11th of August, 1596.

Yeah, Shakespeare probably wishes he married this
one.
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KABOOM!

• Between 1585 and 1592, what were known as
  Shakespeares Lost Years, not a whole lot is
  known of the author. Some said that he was a
  schoolmaster, others said he had fled and laid
  low for a while for trying to poach a deer from a
  local Lords land.
• What is known, though, is that by 1592 he had
  basically blasted onto the London theatre scene.
  So much so, that the 28-year-old had already
  started receiving criticism by some of the other
  playwrights for stealing their business.
• Robert Crowe ...There is an upstart Crow,
  beautified with our feathers, that with his
  Tiger's heart wrapped in a Player's hide,
  supposes he is as well able to bombast out a
  blank verse as the best of you and being an
  absolute Johannes factotum is in his own conceit
  the only Shake-scene in a country.

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Its all about the Benjamins

• From 1594 on, Shakespeares plays were performed
  only by Lord Chamberlains Men, a theatre group
  of which Shakespeare was part owner. This group
  quickly became the 1 theatre group in the whole
  country, and when Queen Elizabeth died in 1603,
  the company was awarded a royal patent by the new
  king, James I, and became the Kings Men.
• After making a killing in London, Shakespeare
  returned home to Stratford and was a wealthy
  landowner.

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The End
Why dont you play that sad theme song from The
Incredible Hulk? That would work nicely here.

• Shakespeare died April 23rd, 1616. He was
• survived by his wife and two daughters. Susannah
• had married a doctor, John Hall, in 1607, and
• Judith had married Thomas Quiney, a vintner,
• 2 months before Shakespeares death.
• He was buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity
  Church two days after his death. Sometime before
  1623, a monument was erected in his memory on the
  north wall, with a half-effigy of him in the act
  of writing. Its plaque compares him to Nestor,
  Socrates, and Virgil. A stone slab covering his
  grave is inscribed with a curse against moving
  his bones.

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Will the real William Shakespeare please stand
up.please stand up

• Critics argue that the amount of work38 plays,
  154 sonnets, various other works--at such a high
  quality as Shakespeare was able to produce it,
  could not have been accomplished by any one man.
• Furthermore, there is controversy surrounding his
  signatures, and the pronunciation, and spelling,
  of his name.
• Question So if it wasnt him, then who dunnit?
• Answer Either Eminem, or Lil Wayne.

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(a) From 1612 deposition William Shackper(b)
1612 Blackfriars deed William Shakspear(c) 1612
Blackfriars mortgage Wm Shakspea(d) His 1615
will, page 1 William Shackspere(e) Will, page
2 Willm. Shakspere(f) Will, page 3 By me
William Shakspeare often questioned as by a
different hand
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So who could it have been?

• Christopher Marlowe
• Well-educated (Cambridge), famous playwright
• Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine the Great
• Murdered? Investigated.
• Sir Francis Bacon
• Well-educated (Cambridge law), Endowed with the
  facility of expressingwords, of metaphors, of
  allusion, as perhaps the world has not seen
  Sir Tobie Mathew
• Lord Chancellor of England, philosopher,
  translator, scholar, essayist.
• Mmmm.bacon.

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Some additional candidates

• Edward de Vere
• 17th Earl of Oxford
• Was well versed in writing comedies
• William Stanley
• 6th Earl of Derby
• University education, extensive travel, knew
• many languages
• Was said to have written comedies for the common
  player.
• Brother founded acting troupe The Kings
  Menrenowned for their Shakespearean productions.

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Last, but not least

• Queen Elizabeth
• Plays were always performed in her presence.
• Usually they were 1st performances.
• Often times the performances were smaller shows
  put on at her own home.

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For real, or not for real? Thats the question
yall!

• So, now that we have gone through a fairly
  extensive summation of Shakespeares life, and
  the controversy surrounding him, what is your own
  personal opinion? Do you think it was just one
  man? Please describe your reasoning.
• HW Pick one of the people whom could have been
  Shakespeare and do some more research on them
  tonight. Come in tomorrow with a paragraph
  written about whether you believe it is likely,
  or unlikely, that this person could have been
  Billy Shakes.