Shakespeare had a wide variety of experiences during his life. In his childhood, he experienced what it was like growing up in different classes of society. His father was involved in politics, illegal wool dealing, and money laundering; therefore, they were wealthy at one point of Shakespeare's childhood. However, his father was caught and their assets were seized. Shakespeare was also a part of the working class, he worked with leather making gloves.
Shakespeare was also born in a time of religious conflict. Different political leaders had different national religions in place. It would go back and forth from catholic and Protestant.
These life experiences shaped Shakespeare and had a huge impact on his writing. His viewpoints on the people of different social classes differed from that of society. Society believed that social class reflected intelligence; Shakespeare believed that even people of lower classes of society could be intelligent. This is illustrated in his play "Hamlet" when a gravedigger outwitted Prince Hamlet.
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