FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PLAY BY SAKESPEAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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William
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John
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Hamlet
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Hamnet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of William Shakespeare, and a twin to Judith. Hamnet Shakespeare was named after Hamnet Sadler, a friend of the Shakespeare family.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamnet is named after William Shakespeare’s only son, who died aged 11 in 1596; a few years later, Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. According to Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt, the names Hamnet and Hamlet were entirely interchangeable at the time, and O’Farrell is interested in determining the connection.
Detailed explanation-3: -About that family, whose surname we never learn: a brief introductory explanation reminds us that Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway, lost a son named Hamnet to the bubonic plague.
Detailed explanation-4: -William Shakespeare and his wife Anne had three children. The eldest, Susanna, was baptised on 26 May 1583. They also had twins, Judith and Hamnet, baptised on 2 February 1585.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamnet may be a footnote in history but he was in fact William Shakespeare’s only son. He died at just 11 years old – largely abandoned by his famous father, who was making his name in London – in 1596. In 1599 Shakespeare picked up his quill to write perhaps the most wretched anti-hero of all his works: Hamlet.