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William Shakespeare

            William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. One of the top-of-mind tragedy romantic stories is Romeo and Juliet by the legendary writer William Shakespeare.

            William Shakespeare was not only a prolific writer, he is said to have introduced over one thousand words and phrases into the English language. Some people today reading Shakespeare for the first time complain that the language is difficult to understand, yet we are still using hundreds of words and phrases coined by him in our everyday conversation. phrases like ‘to be or not to be’, ‘break the ice‘, and ‘fair play’, what’s less well known is the number of Shakespeare phrases still in common usage today. It’s unlikely that native English speakers are able to get through a day without using one or more Shakespeare sayings in one way or another, without even thinking about it.