William Shakespeare, an actor, poet, and playwright is greatly recognized and appreciated in society today, as the best playwright in the English language. Shakespeare was born in in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom into a family without wealth or nobility. His father, John Shakespeare was a glove maker and tradesmen and his mother, Mary
Arden was the daughter of an affluent farmer. Shakespeare was the third of seven children but the first two did not live past infancy, making Shakespeare the oldest surviving child. It is said to be that Shakespeare most likely attended Stratford’s grammar school, which focused primarily on Latin classics, such as writing, memorizing, and classic Latin plays. In 1585, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway …show more content…
It was not until 1592 did Shakespeare seem to have re-appeared into society and that was in London as an actor and playwright. His career started from this point forward.
Shakespeare became known as an actor, playwright, and even a business partner. Shakespeare’s most famous works include Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, Julius Caesar and many more, but all of these plays focus on the morals, ideologies, and internal conflicts of people in the play. Shakespeare was born during a time period where the entire society was puzzled about
Evans 2 what type of faith they wanted to believe in as well as how to express that. Therefore,
Shakespeare grew up around what people in this time period would describe as two different religions with contrasting viewpoints. These two different viewpoints aided in the foundation of many of Shakespeare's pieces that we admire today. Shakespeare's religious background resulted in him viewing the world differently from people of different religious backgrounds and this different viewpoint was the leading cause of his works’ uniqueness. “Several relatively recent and much publicized efforts suggest that late Elizabethan and early Stuart theatergoers …show more content…
However, they do believe that faith alone, regardless of your works or sins and the upheaval of the bible, will not guarantee a pardon or a verdict from heaven or hell, but will be determined by Jesus Christ and his righteousness.
Catholics’ teaching include a relationship with God through the pope, who is known to be the
Successor of Saint Peter and that he could ultimately forgive your sins for a price like gifts or indulgences; the idea that the bible is the revealed word of God; their only key to salvation is through baptism; and the belief of the Holy Trinity (one God in three persons). “He lived in a time when religion was a communal act, something shared by a group of believers with a common purpose and so part of the stuff of everyday life, not a private belief cut off from the world (Hadfield 1).” With the entire society, in different states, ideology wise, as well as all of the citizens afraid to express who they are, caused a lot of people to not understand their true morals, values, and their ideal way to salvation. In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, you begin to