WilliamShakespeare-----ThepeakofHumanismWilliamShakespeare?1564-1616“Alltheworld'sastage,Andallthemenandwomenmerelyplayers.”MainContents1.Shakespeare'sliteraryposition2.Shakespeare'sLegendarylife3.Shakespeare'smasterpieces1.Shakespeare'etotallydifferentwithoutsomeliteraryfigures.Shakespeareisoneofthemostqualified.2.Shakespeare'slife(1564-1616)BirthplaceBorninWarwickshireThe3rdof8kidsMarriedatage18Workasanactorbefore1590.ThehomeofMaryArden,WillyShakespeare'smother'shouseAnneHathaway's[Shakespeare'swife]cottageTheAvonRiver,nearStratford-upon-Avon.HenleyStreet,Stratford-upon-Avon