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    The document provides biographical details about William Shakespeare's life and career. It discusses that Shakespeare likely received a basic education as the son of a prosperous bailiff which refutes claims he wasn't educated enough to write his plays. It also outlines some of Shakespeare's influential early readings including the Bible, English histories, and Roman authors. Additionally, it notes key events like his marriage at age 18 to Anne Hathaway and having three children including a son named Hamnet who died in 1596, as well as the thriving commercial theater industry in London in the late 16th century that supported playwrights.

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    The document provides biographical details about William Shakespeare's life and career. It discusses that Shakespeare likely received a basic education as the son of a prosperous bailiff which refutes claims he wasn't educated enough to write his plays. It also outlines some of Shakespeare's influential early readings including the Bible, English histories, and Roman authors. Additionally, it notes key events like his marriage at age 18 to Anne Hathaway and having three children including a son named Hamnet who died in 1596, as well as the thriving commercial theater industry in London in the late 16th century that supported playwrights.

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    Japanese Hamlet

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    The document provides biographical details about William Shakespeare's life and career. It discusses that Shakespeare likely received a basic education as the son of a prosperous bailiff which refutes claims he wasn't educated enough to write his plays. It also outlines some of Shakespeare's influential early readings including the Bible, English histories, and Roman authors. Additionally, it notes key events like his marriage at age 18 to Anne Hathaway and having three children including a son named Hamnet who died in 1596, as well as the thriving commercial theater industry in London in the late 16th century that supported playwrights.

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    JapaneseHamlet

    Bittersweetbecauseofthenarrationlens
    Thefolkmusicequivalentofwritingsparse,noneloquentspeech.Straightforward.
    Contentspeaksforitselfintermsoftoneandtheme.

    WhatdoyouinferaboutTomFukunaga?
    Americanizedfirstnamebutseemsnativeborn.CasualsenseoftheEnglishlanguage,
    wecanassumeheisanaturalspeaker.
    Namerepresentstheseparationbetweenhimandhisfamilyevidentthroughthe
    familysresistancetohispassionsandhisargumentswithUncleBill.
    FamilyseemstobeinfantilizingTom,hedoesnotgobyThomas,characterizedbya
    Schoolboy.
    Isolatedatfaultofthepeoplearoundhim,notTomhimself.Makehimouttobe
    delusional,butinrealityheisveryresponsibleabouthisdreams.
    Doesntseehisethnicityandheritagewillbeabarrierbetweenhimandhisdreams,
    thoughthefamilyseesitandtriestoexplainittohimasgentlyastheycan.
    LocatedinPiedmont,CA.
    Narratorsaysheshouldperformsonnets,butTomwantstolearnHamlet
    FeelsadeepconnectionofHamletsisolationandpassionatedrive.Thefactnoneofthe
    charactersinHamletunderstandHamletspeakstoTomandthefacthisfamilydoesnt
    respecthischoices
    TiesbetweenTomandHamlet:specificallymentionUncleasanemesistoTomand
    Hamlet
    Tomsousedtoeveryonepushinghimasidesowhenthenarratordropshimofftheface
    oftheplanet,Tomhadnomoreemotionaltiestothenarratoreventhoughthenarrator
    felttheurgetomakeamends.
    StillinCalifornia,butheadedupBroadway(Tomisfailedinachievingwhathewantedto
    achieve.)
    IronicthatShakespeareisthecornerstoneofAmericanculture,yetthestorydeniesTom
    therighttoenjoythatatacitizen.AlsowedontknowwhatTomisfeelingattheendof
    storysohemayfeelotherwise.
    DoesTomloveShakespearebcitprovideshimwithsocialcapital?Ordoeshetrulylove
    it?Perhapsboth?
    ThisiswhatshouldbebringingAmericanstogether,butthestoryrefutesthatbcof
    racialprejudice

    Moriamongthe120,000JapaneseAmericansforcibleevacuatedfromwestcoastand
    internedduringWW2officialreparationsmadein1988.

    PrincipumamicitiasIamafriendofprinces
    TheportraitofShakespearereleasedin2009doesnotaccuratelyrepresent
    Shakespearein1610(shouldbe46andlooks17)
    Possiblethathepaidapaintertopainthimmoreattractivethanhelooks

    ATudorYouth
    WherewasShakespearebornandwhen?
    Father:aprosperouslatherworker,bailiff,andaldermen,thesonofwhomwouldbe
    expectedtoattendlocalpettyandgrammarschools
    TheoriesthatShakespearecouldntwriteallofhisworkbchewasnteducatedare
    refutedbytheinferencethatheattendedschool.

    InfluentialReading
    TheBible(LatinVulgate,GenevaTranslation)
    RaphaelHolinshedsChronicles(Englishhistory)
    Romanauthors(Virgil,Plutarch,Plautus,Seneca,esp.Ovids

    Metamorphoses)
    Plautuswrotecomedy,Senecawrotetragedy
    M.olderAnneHathaway1582threechildren:Susanna,Judith,Hamnet
    Notabene:fatherdaughterrelationshipsinhisplays
    Lostyears(c.15851592)
    Hamnetdies1596doesitinfluenceHamlet?Maybe

    QueenElizabeth
    ShakespeareslifewouldhavebeenverydifferentiftheSpanishArmadahadtakenover
    Englandsuccessfully

    ElizabethanCommercialTheatre
    Late16thc.populationexplosioninLondon
    Busy,noisy,crowded,dirtybutaffluent
    Densepopulation+wealth+leisure=entertainmentmarketinwhich,bythe1580s,
    jointstockcommercialtheatrecompaniescouldthrive.
    AudiencesdrawnfromeveryElizabethansocialsphereexcepttheverypoorest
    Marketintegrations:applewivestapsters,ferrymen,prostitutes,bookseller
    Commercialcompetition(e.g.Beerebayting)

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