(christened April 26, 1564\u2013April 23, 1616), was an English playwright, poet and actor manager, whose works have had an enduring worldwide impact. He was born and educated at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the son of a prosperous glover. He married Ann Hathaway in 1582, and together they had three children. Moving to London c.1589, he established himself as an actor and playwright. In 1594 he began working with Lord Chamberlain\u2019s Men, and in 1598 became a shareholding director in the Globe Theatre. During the plague of 1592\u201394, which cause a temporary closure of the theatre, he wrote the sonnets, Venus and Adonis<\/i> and The Rape of Lucrece.<\/i> In 1603, with the accession of King James I, the company became the King\u2019s Men, and bought the Blackfriars Theatre. Due to wise investments, Shakespeare was able to retire in 1610 and continued writing until 1613. Among the 37 plays that bear his name, the most popular include: Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Richard III; Macbeth; Othello; Henry IV;<\/i> and A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream.<\/i><\/p>\n
In 1591, Shakespeare introduced his play, King Henry the Sixth,<\/i> in which he wrote in Part II, act II, scene i, line 34:<\/p>\n
Blessed are the peacemakers on earth.120<\/p>\n
In line 66, he wrote:<\/p>\n
Now, God be praised, that to the believing souls<\/p>\n
Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair!121<\/p>\n
In scene iii, line 55, he exclaimed:<\/p>\n
God defend the right!122<\/p>\n
In Part III, act V, scene v, line 7, he penned:<\/p>\n
So part we sadly in this troublous world<\/p>\n
To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem.123<\/p>\n
William Shakespeare wrote in King Richard the Third,<\/i> 1592\u201393, act I, scene iv:<\/p>\n
O, I have passed a miserable night,<\/p>\n
So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams,<\/p>\n
That, as I am a Christian faithful man,<\/p>\n
I would not spend another such a night,<\/p>\n
Though \u2019twere to but a world of happy days.124<\/p>\n
Before I be convict by course of law,<\/p>\n
To threaten me with death is most unlawful.<\/p>\n
I charge you, as you hope for any goodness,<\/p>\n
By Christ\u2019s dear blood shed for our grievous sins<\/p>\n
That you depart and lay no hands on me.125<\/p>\n
In King Richard the Second,<\/i> 1595\u201396, act IV, scene i, line 97, Shakespeare wrote:<\/p>\n
Many a time hath banished Norfolk fought<\/p>\n
For Jesus Christ in glorious Christian field,<\/p>\n
Streaming the ensign of the Christian Cross,<\/p>\n
And there at Venice, gave<\/p>\n
His body to that pleasant country\u2019s earth,<\/p>\n
And his pure soul unto his captain Christ,<\/p>\n
Under whose colors he had fought so long.126<\/p>\n
In line 170, Shakespeare wrote:<\/p>\n
So Judas did to Christ: but he, in twelve,<\/p>\n
Found truth in all but one; I, in twelve thousand, none.<\/p>\n
God save the king! Will no man say, amen?127<\/p>\n
In line 239, he wrote:<\/p>\n
Some of you with Pilate wash your hands,<\/p>\n
Showing an outward pity.128<\/p>\n
In the play, The Merchant of Venice,<\/i> act I, scene ii, line 59, Shakespeare penned:<\/p>\n
God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.129<\/p>\n
In scene iii, line 99, he wrote:<\/p>\n
Mark you this, Bassanio:<\/p>\n
The devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose.<\/p>\n
An evil soul, producing holy witness,<\/p>\n
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,<\/p>\n
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.130<\/p>\n
In act IV, scene i, line 184, he wrote:<\/p>\n
The quality of mercy is not strained,<\/p>\n
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven<\/p>\n
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blessed;<\/p>\n
It blessed him that gives and him that takes:<\/p>\n
Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes<\/p>\n
The throned monarch better than his crown;<\/p>\n
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,<\/p>\n
The attribute to awe and majesty,<\/p>\n
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings,<\/p>\n
But mercy is above this sceptered sway,<\/p>\n
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,<\/p>\n
It is an attribute to God himself,<\/p>\n
And earthly power doth then show likest God\u2019s<\/p>\n
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore \u2026 <\/p>\n
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,<\/p>\n
That in the course of justice, none of us<\/p>\n
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy,<\/p>\n
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render<\/p>\n
The deeds of mercy.131<\/p>\n
In his play, King Henry the Fourth,<\/i> Part I, act i, scene 1, line 18, published in 1598, Shakespeare wrote:<\/p>\n
Therefore friends,<\/p>\n
As far as to the sepulchre of Christ,<\/p>\n
Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross<\/p>\n
We are impressed and engaged to fight. \u2026 <\/p>\n
To chase these pagans in those holy fields.<\/p>\n
Over whose acres walk\u2019d those blessed feet,<\/p>\n
Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail\u2019d<\/p>\n
For our advantage on the bitter cross.132<\/p>\n
In King Henry the Fifth,<\/i> 1598\u20131600, act III, scene vi, line 181, William Shakespeare wrote:<\/p>\n
We are in God\u2019s hand.133<\/p>\n
In act IV, scene i, line 309, he wrote:<\/p>\n
O God of battles! steel my soldiers\u2019 hearts;<\/p>\n
Possess them not with fear; take from them now<\/p>\n
The sense of reckoning, if the opposed numbers<\/p>\n
Pluck their hearts from them.134<\/p>\n
In Hamlet,<\/i> 1600\u201301, act I, scene I, Shakespeare wrote:<\/p>\n
Some say\u2014that ever \u2019gainst that season comes<\/p>\n
Wherein our Saviour\u2019s birth is celebrated<\/p>\n
The bird of dawning singeth all night long.135<\/p>\n
In act III, scene i, line 150, he wrote:<\/p>\n
I have heard of your paintings too, well enough;<\/p>\n
God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another.136<\/p>\n
In scene iv, line 149, he wrote:<\/p>\n
Confess yourself to heaven;<\/p>\n
Repent what\u2019s past; avoid what is to come.137<\/p>\n
In act V, scene i, line 84, he wrote:<\/p>\n
A politician \u2026 one that would circumvent God.138<\/p>\n
William Shakespeare wrote in Othello,<\/i> 1604\u201305, act I, scene i, line 108:<\/p>\n
You are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you.139<\/p>\n
In act II, scene iii, line 106, he wrote:<\/p>\n
Well, God\u2019s above all; and there be souls must be saved,<\/p>\n
and there be souls must not be saved.140<\/p>\n
In line 293, he wrote:<\/p>\n
O God! that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains; that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts.141<\/p>\n
William Shakespeare wrote in King Henry the Eighth,<\/i> 1613, act III, scene ii, line 456:<\/p>\n
Had I but served my God with half the zeal<\/p>\n
I served my king, he would not in mine age<\/p>\n
Have left me naked to mine enemies.142<\/p>\n
In act V, scene v, line 51, he wrote:<\/p>\n
Whenever the bright sun of heaven shall shine,<\/p>\n
His honor and the greatness of his name<\/p>\n
Shall be, and make new nations.143<\/p>\n
William Shakespeare remarked:<\/p>\n
God\u2019s goodness hath been great to thee;<\/p>\n
Let never day nor night unhallowed pass,<\/p>\n
But still remember what the Lord hath done.144<\/p>\n
In his last Will,<\/i> dated the year of his death, 1616, the first clause reads:<\/p>\n
In the name of God, Amen! I, William Shakespeare, of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warr., gent., in perfect health and memory, God be praised, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, first, I commend my soul into the hands of God, my Creator, hoping and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting, and my body to the earth whereof it is made.145<\/p>\n
Carved on William Shakespeare\u2019s Tombstone are the lines:<\/p>\n
Good Friend For Jesus Sake Forbeare,<\/p>\n
To Digg The Dust Enclosed Heare.<\/p>\n
Blese Be Ye Man Spares Thes Stones,<\/p>\n
And Curst Be He Moves My Bones.146<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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