FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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8 months
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10 years
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8 years
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There is no difference; they are the same age.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who was Shakespeare’s Wife? William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in November 1582 and they remained married until Shakespeare’s death. At the time of their marriage William was 18, while Anne was 26-and pregnant with their first child.
Detailed explanation-2: -From 1585 until 1592, very little is known about Shakespeare. These are generally referred to as ‘The Lost Years’.
Detailed explanation-3: -At age 18, in 1582, he married Anne Hathaway, a woman who was eight years older than he.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was said that he fled to London in order to escape punishment. John Aubrey wrote in 1681 that William Shakespeare ‘had been in his younger years a schoolmaster in the country’ (which might well refer to Stratford, since Aubrey was writing from a London perspective).
Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare famously left his wife, Anne Hathaway, his ‘second best bed’.