Shakespeare is somebody who I wasn't interested in knowing more about. But after researching about him for a while I realized how mysterious his birth and death was. Apparently, according to research Shakespeare was born on April 23 and died on April 23 as well. Whoa...right? I mean that's kind of scary. Now the only thing I need to figure out was if it was a natural cause or if he committed suicide or something.
Okay, death and life are kind of a strange topic, but there are many other things that scared the heck out of me as I researched. Shakespeare was around 17 or 18 when he got married and his wife- Anne Hathaway was 26. That's also something kind of strange, but I guess Shakespeare is like that- after all most of his plays and writing were based on romance, or finding true love out there in that world. So it isn't as freaky knowing he got married at such a young age. Perhaps that was the usual age for a "man"(cough cough) to get married at that age. And even scarier than that his first child was born six months after the marriage. Okay...that's pretty scary. O_______________o
Besides that, Shakespeare usually performed for his own plays. There was Hamlet- where he liked to act as the ghost, and then it was As You Like It, which we watched last Friday. In that play he liked to act as Adam who is known as: "Adam - The elderly former servant of Sir Rowland de Bois. Having witnessed Orlando’s hardships, Adam offers not only to accompany his young master into exile but to fund their journey with the whole of his modest life’s savings. He is a model of loyalty and devoted service."
Moving on....During Shakespeare's day, most of the writers worked during the day, because candles cost a lot during that time. But one of his prized possessions were his beds. One of them his "second best" bed, was given to his wife after he died. Dead long ago, nobody is sure of how, some of the scholars believe a kidney disease, murder or just drinking more than his body could contain.
Anyways...there's one thing for sure, that Shakespeare was one freaky person, I mean these are just small details of his life, and there already kind of "abnormal" in my perspective. But maybe if I research more there may be something different than what I expect.
Okay, death and life are kind of a strange topic, but there are many other things that scared the heck out of me as I researched. Shakespeare was around 17 or 18 when he got married and his wife- Anne Hathaway was 26. That's also something kind of strange, but I guess Shakespeare is like that- after all most of his plays and writing were based on romance, or finding true love out there in that world. So it isn't as freaky knowing he got married at such a young age. Perhaps that was the usual age for a "man"(cough cough) to get married at that age. And even scarier than that his first child was born six months after the marriage. Okay...that's pretty scary. O_______________o
Besides that, Shakespeare usually performed for his own plays. There was Hamlet- where he liked to act as the ghost, and then it was As You Like It, which we watched last Friday. In that play he liked to act as Adam who is known as: "Adam - The elderly former servant of Sir Rowland de Bois. Having witnessed Orlando’s hardships, Adam offers not only to accompany his young master into exile but to fund their journey with the whole of his modest life’s savings. He is a model of loyalty and devoted service."
Moving on....During Shakespeare's day, most of the writers worked during the day, because candles cost a lot during that time. But one of his prized possessions were his beds. One of them his "second best" bed, was given to his wife after he died. Dead long ago, nobody is sure of how, some of the scholars believe a kidney disease, murder or just drinking more than his body could contain.
Anyways...there's one thing for sure, that Shakespeare was one freaky person, I mean these are just small details of his life, and there already kind of "abnormal" in my perspective. But maybe if I research more there may be something different than what I expect.
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