Who was Shakespeare?

William Shakespeare was born around April 23, 1564 to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, who lived in Stratford-upon-Avon.  John Shakespeare was a glover, successful leather merchant, alderman, and high bailiff of Stratford.  His mother, Mary Arden, was a land-owning local heiress.  The couple was relatively prosperous during William’s early life, but any wealth faded around 1570. It is believed that Shakespeare went to grammar school but never had any university schooling. When he was 18 he married Anne Hathaway who was 26. They had a child named Susana and later on twins named Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare began selling his plays and eventually retired in 1611 back in Stratford. Other parts of his life are not traceable, for example there was a seven year span where Shakespeare disappeared basically, so much is still unknown about William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's work is seen as something very deep with unimaginable thought put into it and truly all of it is a masterpiece. Students realize this but they don't always want to put up with the reading because it provides a challenge. I've learned though that with some different resources, his work is really one of a kind.