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Shakespeares World     Al nigh every solid ground on earth reads, studies and performs the works ofWilliam Shakespeare. No writer of whatever country, nor any age, has ever enjoyed such universal popularity. Neither has any writer been so praised. As WilliamHazlitt observed, "The most striking peculiarity of Shakespeares mind was itsgeneric quality, its index finger of communication with all other minds." It is perhapsthis quality that has earned Shakespeare the irresponsible accolade, that of lendinghis name to an era. Other than a monarch or an emperor, hardly a(prenominal) can boast that atime or place is so exclusively theirs. As we talk about Napoleonic Europe orVictorian England, so we speak of Shakespearean London or the maturate of Shakespeare.No other artist, let alone writer, has had their name inscribed on such atowering edifice. "Thou in our wonder and astonishment, hast make thyself along-live monument," wrote Milton, in praise of Shakespeare.     Shakespeare is by far and without doubt the most popular and successfulwriter of all time. But what of the man himself? Who was William Shakespeare?     The sustenance of William Shakespeare is shrouded in mystery. There is norecord of him receiving an education, buying a countersign or writing a single letter,and no original hologram of a Shakespeare play survives. There is no directrecord of his conversations, and no one in his home town seems to have make donthat he was a successful playwright sequence he was alive. There is non even acontemporary portrait to reveal his true appearance. Although a number ofmentions of William Shakespeare the poet-dramatist appear on record during the1590s and early 1600s, they comment notwithstanding briefly on his writings, telling usnothing about the man. less(prenominal) is known about Shakespeare than almost any otherplaywright of his time.     The Jewish -Orthodox version of William Shakespeares life is probably the mostwidely accepted Shakespeare caption of them all. According to it, he was born on23 April 1564, in an on a higher floor room of a Stratford house in Warwickshire. He wasborn to lavatory and Mary Shakespeare, and was baptized Gulielmus filius JohannesShakspere (William, son of John Shakespeare) three days later. His catch ran asuccessful glove making business on Henley Street. In 1565, his father ... ...ow gravel could hope to rise to a high position whilesomeone in a high position could foretell to fall to a low position. All thesewould be brought about by a change in fate or fortune. Some volume believed thatthe people rose to a higher position during the spring and the summer, whilethey sank to a lower position during the autumn and the winter. However, it waslater noticed that such beliefs were very unpredictable. Like the belief in thezodiac, the Wheel of Fortune argue the theory that fate was controlled by man.Instead, fate was believed to be controlled by the stars. This is wherefore in theopening chorus of Romeo and Juliet, both of them are described as " starcrossed 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. Only one thing is certainShakespeare may be dead, but his great works never cease to astound us and itmakes us wonder if any person will ever arise to rival the maestro of EnglishLiterature.