Shakespeare's biography or autobiography or life experience ...

William shakespeare, a great English playwright and poet, 1564 was born in Stratford, England. Although he received a good basic education, he didn't go to college. Shakespeare married a 26-year-old woman in 18, and gave birth to three children in less than 2 1.

A few years later he came to London and became an actor and playwright. He stood up at the age of 30 and became famous in the theater. Four years later, he has become a leading figure in British drama. In the following ten years, he wrote Julius Caesar, otero, Macbeth and King Lear.

Shakespeare has lived in London for more than twenty years, while his wife has been living in Stratford. When he approached his fate, he retired to his hometown of Stratford. Shakespeare died around his 52nd birthday. His descendants are all dead.

Shakespeare left 37 plays to the world, including some common plays that he co-wrote with others. In addition, he also wrote 154 sonnets and three or four long poems.

As far as Shakespeare's genius, achievement and reputation are concerned, it seems a little strange that his name failed to rank among the best in this book. I rank Shakespeare so low, not because I don't appreciate his artistic achievements, but because I think literary figures generally have little influence on human history.

The activities of religious leaders, scientists, politicians, explorers, philosophers or inventors often affect the development of many other fields of human struggle. For example, the progress of science has had a great impact on economic and political affairs, and also affected the development of religious beliefs, philosophical views and art.

A famous painter may have a great influence on the works of later painters, but his influence on music and literature may be very small, and he has no influence on exploration and other fields of human struggle. A similar statement applies to poets, playwrights and music composers. Generally speaking, literary figures only have an influence on literature and art, but in fact they only have an influence on the special field they are engaged in. It is for this reason that no literary, musical or artistic figures are included in the top 30, and only a few figures are included in this book.

So why are there literary figures in this book? This is because appreciating literature and art has a certain direct influence on everyone's life (although this influence is not always great). In other words, a person may spend some time listening to music, some time reading, some time painting, and so on. Even though the time we spend listening to songs has no influence on our other activities (this is definitely an exaggeration), this part of time still represents the boring time in our lives.

An artist may have more influence on our lives than the time we spend listening, reading or watching his works. This is because his works are likely to have an impact on the creative activities of other writers, and their works are what we experience and appreciate.

In some cases, literary and artistic works have more or less definite philosophical content, which will affect our views on other issues. Of course, literary works are more like this than music or art works. For example, in Romeo and Juliet (Act III, Scene 1), Shakespeare asked the prince to say, "Don't be soft on the murderer, or you will encourage the murder." The ideas put forward here (whether people accept them or not) have distinct philosophical contents, which may have an impact on people's political attitudes, rather than enjoying the Mona Lisa and other influences.

It seems indisputable that Shakespeare is second to none among all literary figures. Relatively speaking, few people talk about Chaucer, Virgil or even Homer today, but if Shakespeare's plays are to be staged, there will definitely be a large audience. Shakespeare's genius in writing is unparalleled, and his words are often quoted-even those who have never seen or read his plays. Besides, his fame is not a flash in the pan. In the past 400 years, his works have brought a lot of joy to readers and critics. As Shakespeare's works have stood the test of time, it is reasonable to speculate that they will be widely welcomed in many centuries to come.

When evaluating Shakespeare's influence, we should consider that without him, his works would not exist at all (of course, the similar statement applies to every literary figure, but this factor is not particularly important when evaluating the influence of ordinary artists).

Although Shakespeare wrote in English, he was indeed a world-famous figure. Although English is not a complete world language, it is closer to the world language than any other language. In addition, Shakespeare's works have been translated into many literary works, and many countries have read his works and staged his plays.

Of course, the works of some popular writers will be despised by literary critics, but unlike Shakespeare, literary scholars spare no effort to praise his works. Generations of playwrights have studied his works in an attempt to acquire his literary temperament. It is precisely because of Shakespeare's great influence on other writers and his constant appreciation by the public that he won a quite high ranking in this book.

① "MonaLisa": also known as "La Giokenda" La Cioconda. It is Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work, completed between 1503- 1506. Although the Mona Lisa in the painting is dressed in mourning, the mysterious smile on her face and the natural description of the background have become a work full of strong hints and many legends have been produced.