"He who gives up time, time also gives up on him." "Wisdom without books is like a bird without wings." This is Shakespeare's famous saying, and it is also the secret of his ability to fly freely in the world of art and become a generation of art masters.

Shakespeare was born in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in central England. His father was a businessman. When he was 4 years old, his father was elected as the "head of the city hall" and became the mayor of this small town with more than 2,000 residents and 20 hotels and hotels.

This town often has touring theater troupes. When Shakespeare watched the performance, he was surprised to find that a small stage and a few actors could present stories from history and real life. He felt it was amazing and fell deeply in love with drama. He often works with children to learn the characters and plots in plays and act out them, and wants to engage in work related to scripts when he grows up. But unfortunately, his father failed in business, and 14-year-old Shakespeare had to leave school and work as his father's assistant. He got married when he was 18 and had three children before he was 21. His wife was 8 years older than him. Shakespeare often regretted his marriage. In his works, he once said: "A woman should marry a man older than herself." However, he still cares deeply about his wife who works hard to run the house and raise the children. In 1586, the enterprising Shakespeare walked to London with a theater troupe and found a job as a caretaker for the theater's horse-riding audiences. Although this was a chore, it was linked to the drama after all. Shakespeare did this job with all his heart, and he did a good job. Audiences who came on horseback were willing to give their horses to him. Shakespeare was often too busy, so he had to find a group of teenagers to help. They were called "Shakespeare's children".

Shakespeare had a flexible mind and an eloquent tongue. After work, he secretly watched performances on the stage and insisted on self-study of literature, history, philosophy and other courses. He also studied Greek and Latin. When the troupe needed extras, he "got the moon first", and coupled with his talent, he was finally able to play some supporting roles. When playing supporting roles, Shakespeare also performed well seriously. His excellent understanding and superb acting skills soon led to him being absorbed by the troupe as a formal actor.

At that time, London theater companies were in urgent need of scripts. Because if a play is not liked by the audience, it will be stopped immediately and a new play will be staged. While Shakespeare insisted on studying acting skills, he also read a lot of various books to learn about the history of his motherland and the unfortunate fate of the people. He decided to also try to write some scripts with historical themes.

At the age of 27, he wrote the trilogy of historical dramas "Henry VI". The scripts were staged and were very popular with the audience. He won a high reputation and gradually established a firm foothold in the London theater world.

In 1595, Shakespeare wrote a tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". After the play was staged, Shakespeare became famous in London. Audiences flocked to the theater to watch the play like a tide, and were moved to tears. . The story goes like this:

In a city in Italy, there were two nobles who had been enemies for generations, one named Montague and the other Capulet.

Once, the Capulet family held a grand masquerade party. Romeo, the only son of the Montague family, took the risk and wore a mask to attend. He met Juliet, the only daughter of the Kay family. The two young people fell in love at first sight, fell in love with each other. With the help of a priest, two young people in love held a wedding quietly.

Unfortunately, another vendetta occurred between the two families soon. Juliet's cousin was stabbed to death by Romeo in a duel, and Romeo was driven out of the city. Soon Juliet's father planned to marry her to another noble young man.

Juliet is loyal to Romeo's love, and she would rather die than marry again. With the help of the priest, she drank a sleeping medicine and pretended to be dead. The priest also asked someone to notify Romeo to come back quickly. But unfortunately the messenger did not deliver the letter in time. Romeo was heartbroken when he heard that Juliet had died. He rushes back and commits suicide by taking poison in front of Juliet who is pretending to be dead. When Juliet woke up and saw that Romeo was dead, she pulled out Romeo's sword and committed suicide. This tragedy deeply moved the two families, who finally eliminated their generational hatred and became friendly.

In this script, the writer writes about the value of free love, denounces the persecution of love by the feudal system, and praises ideal love.

In 1599, Shakespeare was already very wealthy. His troupe built a theater called the Globe Theater, and he became a shareholder. He also bought a house and land in his hometown, intending to return home as a spare when he gets old. Soon, two of his friends launched a rebellion in order to reform politics. As a result, the former was sent to the gallows and the latter was thrown into prison. Shakespeare was filled with grief and anger, and devoted all his efforts to writing the play "Hamlet", in which he played the ghost himself.

Hamlet was originally a happy prince of Denmark. His upright father was poisoned by his uncle, who usurped the throne and usurped his mother. Hamlet, who was studying abroad, rushed back to his country. His father's ghost told him how he was murdered and wanted his son to take revenge.

In order to take revenge, Hamlet pretended to be crazy and acted like a fool, looking for opportunities to learn the truth. Once, he invited a troupe to perform an old play about killing his brother and usurping the throne. The plot was the same as what the ghost of his father said.

During the performance, his uncle panics, thus confirming his own guilt.

Hamlet is determined to take revenge. But an accidental mistake killed his lover's father by mistake. His uncle sent him to England and asked the English king to kill him. Hamlet ran back halfway, and found that his lover had become insane because his father was dead and his lover was far away. He accidentally drowned in the river.

The uncle instigated a duel between Hamlet's lover's brother and Hamlet, but both fell into the enemy's trap. Before his death, Hamlet stabbed his uncle to death and avenged his father, but he failed to complete the great cause of "reversing the chaotic era". In this tragedy, Hamlet represents those representatives of the emerging bourgeoisie with advanced ideas. He loves life and resists evil but has more thoughts than actions and is too indecisive; his uncle represents the feudal reactionary forces, he is shameless, sinister and scheming. Hamlet's act of revenge expresses the strong desire of advanced humanists during the Renaissance to break through the shackles of feudal power. Hamlet's tragedy reflects the tragedy of an entire generation of humanists, including Shakespeare.

In the following years, Shakespeare wrote "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth", which together with "Hamlet" are known as Shakespeare's four tragedies.

In 1616, Shakespeare passed away due to illness. This inscription is engraved on his tombstone:

"For the sake of God,

Please do not touch my tomb,

Those who act rashly will Cursed,

The protector will be blessed.”

His tomb now stands next to a small church in his hometown, where tens of millions of people visit it as a pilgrimage every year. Pay homage.