William Shakespeare（ 1564—161

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He was born at Stratford-upon-Avon

His mother, Mary Arden, was one of the daughters of Robert Arden.

His father, John Shakespeare, was a glover and wool dealer.

Shakespeare’s school

From the age of seven to about 14, he attended Stratford Grammar School .

The he first teaching device Shakespeare would have used was the hornbook

A small wooden frame with a handle

At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway

William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets.

the first 126 Shakespearean sonnetsto a handsome young man

The latter Shakespearean sonnets are addressed to a 'dark lady' of ill repute

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:  Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd  But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

 So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day

Sonnet 18

Two web sites about shakespeare

www.shakespeare-sonnets.com

www.william-shakespeare.info

I dream to see the beauty

I dream to see the beauty

In the world─I am told to climb the high mountain

On the road in spite of the difficulty

For dream I tell myself to maintain

Top under the foot,in front the heaven

Clouds fly by my face,and I want to catch

I get nothing.Suddenly my dream broken

With winds they escape out of my reach

In rough winds I run crazily

Higher mountain prevent

I stop and think quietly

Am Ion the top or the foot

Neither can be proved

Where is dream.I am puzzled

The end