What is William Shakespeare best known for?

Answer 1

William Shakespeare was famous for being one of the greatest poets and playwrights in history. He is hugely popular, and most schools make their students study him. Unfortunately, he was only moderately popular during his lifetime, so he never knew how enormously famous he would become.

Shakespeare has given us lots of different words that we still use nowadays

Answer 2

Most likely, the epic play of Romeo and Juliet. Most people know about that play, and have had to, or will eventually, read it in school. Some other well known plays are Macbethand Hamlet. He wrote the ever-popular Sonnet 18, which is also known as "Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer's Day?". It is a very romantic poem, which is why lots of people loved it.Aslo his first play A midsummer night

Answer 3

William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, (to call her by her maiden name.) At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, who eventually bore him three children, a daughter Susanna and twins, Hamnet and Judith. Beginning about five years later, he wrote many plays, sonnets, and poems. He became a part owner in the theatrical company The Lord Chamberlain's Men (later known as the King's Men) and later also in the Globe Theatre in London. Although he was well known in the literary and theatrical community of the London of his time, it was not until his death, which may have occured on his birthday, and then a very long time afterwards, that his name became so very well known that he became the most important figure in English Literature.

He is known for his outstanding playwriting and his amazing use of the English language.

Answer 4

William Shakespeare is best known for his plays and poems. Hamlet is his best known play. He wrote other plays such as Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night. But he did NOT write the stories for most of the plays he wrote. He borrowed other people's stories, rearranged them, put his words in the characters' mouths and made them famous.

Answer 5

William Shakespeare is known for his works, especially this plays and sonnets. He is also known for his technique. One cool thing that he did was write in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter basically means that each line has 10 syllables. These ten syllables would go in a pattern of stressed, unstressed, stressed, unstreseed, and so forth.

His Plays.

Answer 6

William Shakespeare was famous for his divine sonnets/poems and his wonderful plays, in which where performed by male actors, including Shakespeare, in the globe which is located in London.

Answer 7

He is known for his outstanding play writing and his amazing use of english literature.

Answer 8

Shakespeare is most famous for writing plays.

Answer 9

plays like Romeo and Juilet and many more