ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, supposedly of a brief fever caused by too much drinking. He was buried two days later in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare retired to Stratford in 1613 and died in 1616. According to local tradition, he succumbed to a febrile illness, perhaps typhoid, after a drinking bout with fellow writers Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton [1–4].

Detailed explanation-3: -There were at least five major outbreaks of bubonic plague in London during Shakespeare’s lifetime and though these outbreaks didn’t reach the devastation of the Black Death, they all had a major impact on the population, particularly in towns and more populated areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52. He died within a month of signing his will, a document which he begins by describing himself as being in “perfect health". No extant contemporary source explains how or why he died.