Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Warwickshire, England. People don't know his birthday which is troubling considering people even doubt he ever existed. In 1582, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and had a daughter with her a year later. He also had twins two years later.
1588 was the turning point in Shakespeare's career. In this year, he and his family migrated to London and his career expanded. He acted and was a poet and play-writer. He wrote and was involved in a total of 38 (!!) plays and works. That is what truly made his career. Not only that but he used a difficult form of presenting dialogue, iambic pentameter. Based on dictionary.com, iambic pentameter is "a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/shakespeare.html
At the mere mention of Shakespeare's name, most students gasp! Students know that Shakespeare's works are known for their difficulty in comprehending what is being said. The texts and plays are almost five hundred years old so yeah they would be difficult to decipher at times. There are many words I do understand just from context clues or the fact that I know the definitions. There are words that are really old so I would still be confused.
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