William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 23, 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was a citizen of some prominence who became and alderman and bailiff, but who later suffered financial difficulties. Shakespeare presumably attended the Stratford grammar school, where he could have acquired a respectable knowledge of Latin, but after that he did not continue his education. There are legends about Shakespeare's youth, but there are actually no documented facts. The first record of …showed first 75 words of 892 total…

…showed last 75 words of 892 total…have brothers. In conclusion, Shakespeare had the gift to capture one's heart and carry it through what his characters were going through. Laertes was truly a good mad, but was caught up in emotion and acted with his heart before his head and the same with Hamlet. In the play, you really fell what they are going through and in the end realize how they got caught up in the avengement for their fathers' deaths.