“To be, or not to be: that is the question”,is the famous quote from Hamlet by one of the most well known writers in history ,William Shakespeare. Some may ask the question, “Who is William Shakespeare? Why is he so important?” Shakespeare is considered the most famous writer in the english language. Although Shakespeare is known through his work, his personal life is a constant mystery. William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, during the Elizabethan era. The Elizabethan era was an era in which Queen Elizabeth reigned for forty-five years, six years before the birth of Shakespeare.As years progressed, Shakespeare started to influence British peerage and nobility, religion, and education. Shakespeare’s works caused an uproar during the Elizabethan era. A continuous cycle of Shakespeare’s writing consist of thirty-eight plays, one hundred fifty-four sonnets, and two narrative poems. More or less, Shakespeare’s influence on the Elizabethan era has changed literature throughout the modern years though his literary work.
Amid the Elizabethan period, there was a social framework called British peerage that decided an individual's position in British society. Shakespeare utilized this framework as a part of some of his literature. British peerage shows one's rank of importance in the public eye. For instance, in the Twelfth Night, the character Duke Orsino is positioned the most noteworthy in British peerage. "He is nice looking, daring, cultured, upright, honorable, well off, charitable, dedicated and committed — in short, he is everything a young person could wish for in a spouse." (Shakespeare,1602). Dukes in this time were to symbolize a respectable man. From the way they dress to the way they talk, dukes were the impeccable vision of high class British men. Shakespeare showed this through his artistic function and also his inclusion inside in his group in