I used the website Shmoop to learn more about the infamous Shakespeare. He wrote 36 plays and 154 sonnets not to mention invented dozens of new words(kudos to him). Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday in 1616. It turns out that he didn't leave to much of his personal life behind, he was a somewhat secluded man. When students hear the word "Shakespeare" we automatically want to just run away. Its intimidating not because it is hard to understand but because we were told it was hard to understand and that lasting impression stuck with us. However, from experience, once you began to read it it is hard to put down. His writing is complex and needs a lot of analyzing but its not as drastic as we were lead to believe He was an extremely talented writer and in the play Hamlet very comical.
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