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Shakespeares World     Al to the highest degree every nation on domain reads, studies and performs the works ofWilliam Shakespeare. No writer of any country, nor any age, has ever enjoyedsuch(prenominal) universal popularity. Neither has any writer been so praised. As WilliamHazlitt observed, "The most striking peculiarity of Shakespeares mind was itsgeneric quality, its power of communication with in all other minds." It is perhapsthis quality that has earned Shakespeare the supreme accolade, that of lendinghis take to an era. Other than a monarch or an emperor, few can skylark that atime or place is so exclusively theirs. As we talk virtually Napoleonic Europe orVictorian England, so we speak of Shakespearean London or the Age of Shakespeare.No other artist, let alone writer, has had their name inscribed on such atowering edifice. "Thou in our esteem and astonishment, hast built thyself along-live monument," wrote Milton, in praise of Shak espeare.     Shakespeare is by far and without doubt the most popular and roaringwriter of all time. But what of the man himself? Who was William Shakespeare?     The invigoration of William Shakespeare is shrouded in mystery. on that point is norecord of him receiving an education, buying a book or piece a single letter,and no original manuscript of a Shakespeare spell survives. There is no directrecord of his conversations, and no one in his home town seems to have knowthat he was a undefeated playwright while he was alive. There is not even acontemporary portrait to reveal his true turn upance. Although a number ofmentions of William Shakespeare the poet-dramatist appear on record during the1590s and early 1600s, they comment only briefly on his writings, telling usnothing about the man. Less is known about Shakespeare than almost any otherplaywright of his time.     The orthodox version of William Shakespeares li fe is probably the mostwidely accepted Shakespeare legend of them all. According to it, he was born on23 April 1564, in an upstairs room of a Stratford house in Warwickshire. He wasborn to John and Mary Shakespeare, and was call Gulielmus filius JohannesShakspere (William, son of John Shakespeare) three days later. His father ran a sure-fire glove making business on Henley Street. In 1565, his father ... ...ow side of meat could hope to rise to a high position whilesomebody in a high position could expect to fall to a low position. All thesewould be brought about by a switch in part or fortune. Some people believed thatthe people go to a higher position during the spring and the summer, whilethey sank to a demoralise position during the autumn and the winter. However, it waslater noticed that such beliefs were very unpredictable. wish the belief in thezodiac, the Wheel of Fortune opposed the theory that fate was controlled by man.Instead, fate was believed to be controlled b y the stars. This is why in the gap chorus of Romeo and Juliet, both of them are described as " star cover lovers" This suggests that the stars had already destined them to loveand then to die.     Shakespeare is arguably the best writer of all time, yet it isinteresting to know that so little is known about him. Perhaps no-one will everknow who the real William Shakespeare was. yet one thing is certainShakespeare may be dead, but his cracking works never cease to astound us and itmakes us wonder if any person will ever come to rival the superior of EnglishLiterature.