ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Financial Troubles. John Shakespeare was having financial problems by the time Shakespeare was a teenager and Shakespeare and his brother were forced to leave school as their father could no longer pay for it. Shakespeare was 14 at the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare had a basic education at a grammar school but did not attend university. He read many books, especially the classics, and studied Latin. It was probably here that he developed an interest in Romans. He was withdrawn from school at 14/15.

Detailed explanation-3: -He probably left school at fourteen to undertake an apprenticeship of seven years until his coming of age.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is believed, however, that Shakespeare had to leave school at age 13 or 14, when his father fell on hard financial times and needed his son’s help at home.