Why did William Shakespeare become such a famous Englishman?

Answer 1

Ten to twelve of his thirty-odd plays are among the best ever written. He wrote in masterpieces in all genres: tragedy, tragicomedy, history, comedy, and farce. Many of his over a hundred and fifty sonnets are considered among the best in the English language. He was popular in his own time, and has been revived continuously since his death except for the eighteen-year span when the Puritans closed all the theaters in England.

Answer 2

Perhaps because his works have lasted so long and have such broad appeal. Also because the man was a genius. His plays have layers of meaning that you don't get in most writing... and to write all of that in iambic pentameter. That's impressive.

Answer 3

William Shakespeare was and is famous as one of the world's greatest dramatists, probably the best writer of drama ever. He is also famous as a poet and is generally considered to be the greatest writer in the English language. He did not write in the Middle Ages or in Old English, but in the modern era (around 1600) in Modern English.

Answer 4

Because he makes his plays so real and he changed the face of drama forever.

Answer 5

Yes, Shakespeare was English, because he was born in England.

Answer 6

Neologisms or a newly coined words or expressions.
He was one of the best and one of the first Poets during the Middle Ages

Answer 7

Shakespeare was not the most famous person in England during his life time and may not be now. His works gave him increasing fame after his death.

Answer 8

A lot of people really enjoyed Shakespeare's plays. About 150 years after his death people started talking about him as the greatest English writer ever. It was a kind of snowball effect.

Answer 9

Because he wrote many excellent plays and built a theatre where people could see them.