So Shakespeare was born.
William shakespeare (A.D. 1564 ~ 16 16) was born in Stratford-on-Avon, central England. His father is a wholesaler of gloves and wool, and his family is well-off and married the daughter of a rich rural family. He is also a member of the city Council and the mayor himself. However, when Shakespeare 14 years old, his family was on the verge of bankruptcy and had to mortgage the property. Shakespeare was forced to drop out of school to help his father do business. However, it is difficult to talk about family business. When he was embarrassed, he drank a cup of wine to drown his sorrows, so that he couldn't go home and lay under the apple tree.
During this period, Shakespeare began to write poems and poured out his inner thoughts and lofty aspirations in the form of sonnets. His young blood is full of pagan incitement. He followed the fashion at that time and was keen on taking risks and poaching in noble Lin Yuan. Sir Lucie's Lin Yuan is his frequent place, because there are running elk and rabbits. For this reason, he was whipped and imprisoned by Sir Lucie, but he enjoyed it. In his later plays, Lucy became a stupid judge who was laughed at. Shakespeare dispelled the injustice accumulated in his chest with his dramatic pen.
A portrait of Shakespeare
Emotionally, Shakespeare is sensitive, precocious and reckless. At the age of 18, he married the daughter of a rich farmer who was eight years older than him, and soon made her a mother. From then on, Shakespeare's family went from bad to worse, his father was thrown into prison, and the economy was in desperate straits. Shakespeare, the father of only three children, was at a loss.
In order to survive, Shakespeare came to London, starting with the grooms and servants at the bottom of the troupe and later becoming a comedian. This is a humble occupation and a humiliating life condensed with blood and tears. Because the audience was very arrogant at that time, they often attacked the actors with stones. Once the officials found out that they had disobeyed them in the performance, they would use the punishment of cutting off their ears. It is conceivable that Shakespeare had no sense of glory at that time, only profound life experiences such as humiliation, misery, distress and boredom.
However, with his extraordinary creative talent and a series of famous plays, Shakespeare changed his bleak situation and made the world sit up and take notice. His position in the theater has risen rapidly and is aggressive, which makes his peers envy him. Robert green, the playwright of The Great Scholar, satirized Shakespeare as "a pretentious crow" in his play A Thousand Regrets Can't Make him Wise.
Since 1594, Shakespeare Company has been appreciated and sheltered by the competent ministers, and is called "Palace Minister Company". Around 1598, as a shareholder, he cooperated with others to build the Globe Theatre, which became a place where he specially staged his own plays. His dramatic achievements have brought him more and more glory. Later, he not only had the title of "gentleman" and family emblem, but also he and the actors in his troupe were appointed as "royal attendants"
16 12, Shakespeare retired. 16 16 died on April 23rd, and was buried in Trinity Church.
It is said that Shakespeare wrote countless plays in his life, of which 37 were handed down from generation to generation. His main works are the comedy The Wrong Comedy (1592), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595 ~ 1596), The Merchant of Venice (1596 ~ 1597). Twelfth night (1599 ~ 1600), etc. The tragedies are Romeo and Juliet (1595), Hamlet (160 1) and Othello (65438+). King Lear (1605), Macbeth (1606), Anthony and Cleopatra (1607), etc. In addition, there is the historical drama Richard III (1592 ~ 158).
People usually divide Shakespeare's creative activities into three stages:
In the first stage, from 1590 to 160 1, Shakespeare's creative achievements can be represented by many historical plays and comedies, showing the enterprising attitude and ideal vision of this outstanding humanist towards social life when he first entered the theater.
In the second stage, from 160 1 to 1608, Shakespeare created a series of famous tragedies, which not only reflected the broad social background and contradictions in life, but also showed the deepening of his dramatic thoughts and the maturity of his creative techniques.
The third stage, from 1608 to his death, is the later stage of Shakespeare's drama creation, which is mainly tragicomedy and legendary drama, showing his sober understanding of the world and profound insight into life.
Shakespeare's dramatic achievements are so extraordinary that all those who study him are often shocked by his extraordinary wisdom, abundant creativity, rich imagination and infinite talent. He is indeed an outstanding giant in the history of human drama. Turner, a French literary historian, commented on Shakespeare like this:
"What I want to discuss is an extraordinary mind confused by all French analytical minds and reasoning minds, a talented all-around master who can describe both solemnity and meanness; This is the greatest creativity in accurately expressing the details of real life, in the ever-changing application of fantasy, and in profoundly and intricately depicting outstanding passion; He has the temperament of a poet, bohemian and full of inspiration, and transcends reason because of the sudden revelation of a prophetic ecstasy; His pessimism is so extreme, his pace is so abrupt and strange, and his infatuation is so fierce and strong that only this great era can give birth to such a baby. "