FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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All of his property
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Clothes
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Jewelry
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The bed and the bed clothing
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Detailed explanation-1: -When William Shakespeare died he famously left his wife Anne only one thing: their ‘second best bed’.
Detailed explanation-2: -He adopted the first-person possessive, “my second-best bed, ” because that established his authority to make the bequest, but he gave the bed no biography. Like any man of property, Shakespeare devoted most of his will to distributing lands and houses, not furniture or objects.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare left the bulk of his property to his two daughters: Susanna Hall, his first child, and Judith Quiney. He left money and clothes to his sister Joan Hart and her three sons (the name of the third son, Thomas, is left blank), and plate to his grand-daughter Elizabeth Hall, whom he refers to as his niece.
Detailed explanation-4: -Anne outlived her husband and remained in their house until her death on 6th August 1623. William and Anne are both buried in the graveyard at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.