GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The most famous English writer of the Renaissance, best known for his plays Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet .
A
Shakespeare
B
Michelangelo
C
Raphael
D
Petrarch
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -William Shakespeare is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. He was born on or around 23 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, the eldest son of John Shakespeare, a prosperous glover and local dignitary, and Mary Arden, the daughter of a wealthy farmer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although we think of Shakespeare as quintessentially belonging to the English Renaissance, his world was still largely a medieval one.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Shakespeare is known across the world as the writer of plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, and as one of the most famous British people ever. Sometimes known simply as ‘the Bard’, he lived over four hundred years ago – not bad for the son of a man who made a living from making gloves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families.

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