This document provides a biography of William Shakespeare in 3 sentences or less. It summarizes that William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets that have influenced literature and theater around the world. The biography details Shakespeare's early life, family, career in London, notable plays and poems, achievements, and death in 1616 at age 52 in Stratford-upon-Avon.

1. The Biography of
William Shakespeare
Created By: Olivia Warren

2. My Resources
O Bard of Avon The story of William
Shakespeare (Book)
O A Shakespearian Theater (Book)
O William Shakespeare and the Globe
(Book)
O Shmoop.com
O Google & Google Images
O Wikipedia.com
O Discovery Education
O YouTube

3. Who was William
Shakespeare?
O „Bard of Avon‟
O English Playwright
O Poet
O Actor
O Father

4. William’s Early life
and Family section.

5. About his Birth
O 23rd of April, 1564
O Stratford-upon-
Avon, Warwicker, England
O 3rd oldest out of 8
William
Shakespeare at
age 24!

6. Shakespeare’s Parents
Father- John Mother- Mary Arden
Shakespeare
O Stay at home mom
O Governor of
Stratford-upon- O Youngest of 8
Avon daughters.
O Glove Maker

7. Shakespeare’s Siblings
O Joan (1558) (Died at Birth)
O Margaret (1562–63)
O Gilbert (1566–1612)
O Joan (1569–1646)
O Anne (1571–79)
O Richard (1574–1613)
O Edmund (1580–1607)

8. Mini Section of
William’s Teen Years

9. Teen Years
O Got married at 18 to Anne Hathaway
O Started an Acting Career in London.
Hamnet and Judith
were a set of twins.

10. William’s Adult
Years to Death

11. Adult Life
O Plays were registered
O Hamnet dies from the black plague
O Queen Elizabeth I Dies
This is a Self Portrait of
Queen Elizabeth I at
age 13

12. Death
O April 23rd, 1616
O 52nd Birthday
O Overdrinking
O Caught the Chills

13. William’s last words…..On
paper
William‟s last words so far that we know
of before he died was written into a short
poem and is carved into his gravestone
at his burial site.
Stating this:
“Good Friends, For Jesus sake for
bare, to digg the enclosed dust here;
Blese be the man who spares thes
stones, and crust he who moves my
bones.”

14. William’s Influence
to do what he did

15. His influences
O Plays he edited, attended, and acted in
O His own Poems

16. William’s Many
Achievements

17. Biggest Achievements Ever!
Hamlet and
O 38 plays Romeo & Juliet
are both my
O 154 Sonnets personal
O 4 narratives favorites
Most famous Plays
O A Midsummer's Night Dream
O Romeo and Juliet
O Hamlet
O Macbeth

18. Plays
O Romeo & Juliet
O Richard 3rd
O The Tempest
O Henry 4th
O Hamlet
O Othello
O Macbeth

19. Sonnets
O Fair Youth
O Dark Lady
O The Rival Poet
O O‟ thou my lovely boy
O Shall I compare thee to a Summer‟s
day?
O Let me not the marriage of true minds
O My Mistress‟ eyes

20. Narratives
O Venus and Adonis
O The Rape of Lucrece
O Passionate Pilgrim
O The Phoenix and the Turtle

21. William’s goals

22. Goals
O Great Plays
O Make money
O To influence the world

23. My Opinion

24. Opinion
My Opinion of doing this Biography
Project About William Shakespeare
explains that he was a very
Determined, Talented, and wonderful
poet, actor, Play writer, and I guess you
could say he was an “OK” Dad.

25. My Recommendation
to other students

26. Recommendation
I would totally urge all of you, for a future
biography project to do William
Shakespeare. It was fun doing this
project because I learned a lot from it.

27. Why would I recommend
William Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare is a fun person to
learn about. The only hard thing about
him was that most older documents
written about him were in Old English. He
had an extraordinary childhood. I have
had fun learning about him and I know
you would to!

28. Thank You!
Thank you for your dedicated time and
patience while letting me present my
PowerPoint about William Shakespeare.

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30. Discovery
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Shakespeare
Sonnet #1
Sonnet #116

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Biography PowerPoint
of
William Shakespeare