Who knows what kind of person Shakespeare really is?

William shakespeare was the greatest dramatist and poet in European Renaissance. His works fully display the bourgeois humanistic thoughts and have the highest artistry. Shakespeare was born on April 23rd, 446 years ago in1564, into a merchant family in Stratford, central England. He went to school at the age of seven and dropped out at the age of 16 because his family was getting poorer and poorer. After that, he first apprenticed to a butcher's house and taught in the countryside. Later, he was sentenced to poaching deer and rabbits on the land of the local rich and security officials. So he left his family and fled to London, where he watched horses, did chores and began to write plays. At first, some professional screenwriters laughed at him for not having a decent education, "knowing only a little Latin and little Greek" and being a "crow wandering among pigeons". Ignoring these taunts, Shakespeare devoted himself to artistic creation and soon became an outstanding figure. He wrote many plays and poems in his life, including 37 plays, 2 long poems and 154 sonnets. In Shakespeare's early creation, his humanistic thought and unique artistic style gradually formed, reflecting the colorful picture of English society. Romeo and Juliet reflects the conflict between humanists' love ideal and feudal bad habits, and embodies Shakespeare's thought of personality liberation. At the same time, The Merchant of Venice sharply satirizes the extremely selfish nature of usury merchants, which has profound social significance. The peak of Shakespeare's creation is marked by four tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Hamlet is the best tragedy in the world, and the protagonist Hamlet has become one of the most complicated literary models. In his later years, Shakespeare turned to writing magic plays, hoping for a utopian ideal world. His works include cymbeline and The Tempest. The artistic features of Shakespeare's plays mainly lie in the perfect combination of vividness and richness of plots. The characters are very typical, and at the same time they have rich and colorful personality characteristics. The idea of the work is naturally expressed through the plot characters. Shakespeare is also a master of language. He absorbed people's languages, as well as ancient and contemporary literary languages, and skillfully used them. Prose and poetry are used in the play, which is not rigid. Many of his words and expressions have become part of English. Shakespeare is called "the soul of the times" by contemporary dramatists, and Marx also praised Shakespeare as "the greatest drama genius". Shakespeare died in 16 16. Interestingly, his birthday and death date are both April 23rd. Such a coincidence is extremely rare. The British people not only hold commemorative activities every year, but also hold Shakespeare Festival every other year. Now, Shakespeare's Drama Festival is not only popular in Britain, but also gradually transcends national boundaries, and many countries hold similar activities.