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William Shakespeare, Donald Hass: Two Poets
Summary: Compares and contrasts the poetry of William Shakespeare, Donald Hass. Provides biographical detail on each writer. Considers how Shakespeare's work normally refers to love and male dominance, while. Robert Hass refers to color and nature.
William Shakespeare was a son to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden. He was born in sometime in late April, 1561 in Stratford. There is no record for his birth, but his baptism was recorded by the church. His birthday was assumed to be the twenty-third of April. His father was a prominent and prosperous alderman in the town of Stratford. He was later granted a coat of arms by the college of Heralds. They say the Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, and did not proceed to Oxford or Cambridge.
The next record they have of him is his marriage to Ann Hathaway in 1582. He was twenty-one when he got married. The next year they had a daughter, Susanna, then came the twins, Judith and Hamlet two years later. Shakespeare was very interesting poet, dramatist, and actor. Some of Shakespeare plays, such as "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet...
This section contains 457 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |