William Shakespeare had only one name; His father was John Shakespeare, and his mother was

Mary Arden; so his full name was, William Shakespeare Arden.

INFLUENCES:
The many influences around him such as His parents, and his wife and children, seemed to keep his life changing constantly. Also the rapid change of rulers, and religions, may have been a crucial reason for some of his inspirations, and finest literary works.

 Shakespeares influence on modern English is not only visible in everyday speech, but also in the fact that his work has survived over four hundred years and it continues to be performed and read worldwide.

MOTTO:
Non sanz droict (Not without right). It is the motto in the coat of arms of William Shakespeare.

LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS:

154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, several other poems and 38 plays which are divided into the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy.

HIS WORKS:
Tragedies: The Roman tragedy Titus Andronicus (one of his earliest plays), Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth, along with Antony & Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Julius Caesar and the lesser-known Timon of Athens and Troilus

and Cressida.

 Histories (they were based on the lives of English kings): English histories: King John, Richard II, Henry IV (part 1), Henry IV (part 2), Henry V, Henry VI(part 1), Henry VI (part 2), Henry VI (part 3), Richard III and Henry VIII.

Roman histories: Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra.

 Comedies: which have a happy ending, usually involving marriages between the unmarried characters, and a tone and style that is more light-hearted than Shakespeare's

other plays: Love's Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Twelfth Night.

 Poems:
The Rape of Lucrece: Shakespeare's narrative poem resembling a revenge tragedy. Venus and Adonis: Shakespeare's narrative love poem. A Lover's Complaint: As the title suggests, this is a complaint poem, popular in medieval and Renaissance times.

LINGUISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS :
Shakespeare's writings greatly influenced the entire English language. Prior to and during Shakespeare's time, the grammar and rules of English were not fixed. But once Shakespeare's plays became popular in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century, they helped contribute to the standardization of the English language.

 Among Shakespeare's greatest contributions to the English language must be the introduction of new vocabulary and phrases which have enriched the language making it more colorful and expressive. Many of Shakespeare's original phrases are still used in

conversation and language today.