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Context The most influential writer in all of English literature, William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle-class glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare attended grammar school, but his formal education proceeded no further. In 1582 he married an older woman, Anne Hathaway, and had three children with her. Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and playwright. Public and critical success quickly followed, and Shakespeare eventually became …

…nder Ophelia goes crazy. The character of Ophelia can be interepreted many ways -- she can be interpreted as purely innocent, died because the ones she loved were gone -- a sad, pathetic little girl, basically. Or some believe that she was a highly intelligent, sexually experienced, but somewhat confused & naive (until the end) young woman who is actually a stronger character than Hamlet because she DOES what he only TALKS about (suicide, going mad).