ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of Shakespeare’s Children died of unknown causes at age 11?
A
Hamnet
B
Susanna
C
Judith
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She had no children by either husband. Hamnet died at the age of 11 and was buried in Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 August 1596. The cause of his death is unknown.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did Hamnet Shakespeare die? Hamnet died at the age of 11 and was buried in the churchyard at Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 August 1596.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamnet was William Shakespeare’s son who died in 1596 at the age of 11 from “pestilence” or the bubonic plague.

Detailed explanation-4: -When she was a teenager, Irish-born novelist Maggie O’Farrell became smitten with the works of William Shakespeare. While studying “Hamlet, ” she was haunted by the brief life of the playwright’s only son, Hamnet, who died at age 11, possibly of bubonic plague.

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