Introduction

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor
Shakespeare has played an important role in all sectors of English Literature. He has created many
tragedies, comedies, sonnets and poems. Sometimes he was seen as a dramatist, sometimes he was seen
as an actor and sometimes as a poet. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford . His father was a
successful local businessman, and his mum was the landowner 's daughter at the age of 18, he
married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith at age
49 he has retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Shakespeare came out with most of his
known works between 1589 and 1613 His early plays was mainly about comedies and histories Until
about 1608, he wrote many tragedies, among them Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth

Shakespeare as a dramatist
The first full length tragedy for Shakespeare was Titus Andronicus, it dedicates much of its theme,
structure, and language to Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy, which was a huge success in the late
1580s. it was written between 1588 and 1593 and it was often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent
and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, it was a successful genre that was to be refigured in
Hamlet and many other revenge plays. Shakespeare also borrowed a leaf from his great contemporary
Christopher Marlowe. The Vice-like protagonist of Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta, Barabas, may have
inspired Shakespeare in his depiction of the villainous Aaron the Moor in Titus Andronicus, though
other Vice figures were available to him as well. Shakespeare didn’t go with formal tragedies in his
early years. He mainly focused on comedy, and he was really successful at it. Shakespeare’s early
romantic comedy most indebted to John Lyly was Love’s Labour’s Lost.

Conclusion
In conclusion, Shakespeare did incredible things. He wrote 37 plays, with an average of 1.5 plays per
year, all while maintain a social life, family life, and business. making 57 plays and 154 sonnets in total
Shakespeare refused to publish any of his plays until after his death. Then, some doubted whether
Shakespeare himself wrote any of the plays. And even some doubt if he had even lived in the first place.
Shakespeare’s works were so great that now people from all around the world know the name of one of
the most fascinating people who ever walked the earth and all his plays were translated in almost every
language and that’s something.
 References
1- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
2- https://www.biography.com/writer/william-shakespeare
3- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Andronicus
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