unknown, it is most often celebrated on April 23, the feast of St. George, and also the date upon which he

would die. He was the third of seven children born to John and Mary Arden Shakespeare. Shakespeare's

father was a tanner and glovemaker. He was a fairly prominent political figure as well, being an alderman of

Stratford for years, and serving a term as "high bailiff" (what we would call a mayor). He died in 1616,

leaving little land to William, his eldest son. Not much is known of Mary Shakespeare, except that she had a

William Shakespeare attended a very good grammar school in Stratford-upon- Avon, though the time period

during which he attended school is not known. His instructors were all Oxford graduates, and his studies

were probably primarily in Latin. Little else is known of his boyhood.

Shakespeare's Marriage and Life in London

In 1582 at 18 years of age, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, a lady seven or eight years older than he

from Shottery, a villiage a mile from Stratford. Their first daughter, Susanna, was born in 1583, followed by

She says, "Hie thee hither, / That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, / And chastise with the valor of my

For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;

A messenger enters and says that King Duncan will stay in Macbeth's castle tonight. Lady Macbeth quickly

Shakespeare is showing the meaningless of life, and how unimportant it can be at times.

rebel). This battle quickly fulfills the first of many prophecies supplied by the witches.

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wrote his earliest sonnets and poems.

He hath honored me of late, and I have bought / Golden opinions from all sorts of people, / Which would be

witches answers about their prophecies, he has questioning denial. He says, "To be King / Stands not within

Lady Macbeth receives Macbeth's letter. In the letter, Macbeth tells his wife about the witches, the

In this scene, Macbeth goes through some ethical transformations. In his lines 1 to 28, he has second

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