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William Shakespeare and William Butler Yeats lived in different time but shared some close ideas. Shakespeare “ generally regarded as the world’s greatest writer in the English language”(314); understands human nature. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon which is Northwest of London; baptized on April 26, 1564; not of noble birth; middle-class; father was a glove maker and involved in city government schooling; attend local grammar school in Stratford; did not attend university; married Anne Hathaway; birth of first child, Susanna; birth of twins, Hamlet and Judith; joins the Lord Chamberlain’s Men; death of Hamlet at age 11. “Considered by many the greatest poet of the 20th century”(988); was a visionary who developed his own set of beliefs to answer his question about life and help him interpret the uncertainties of the future. Yeats born in Dublin of Protestant parents; Yeats was educated in large part by his father, a portrait painter; had brief period at an art school; Yeats decided to write instead of paint; published his first poems in 1885, constantly writing-producing drama and criticism as well as poetry; Yeats was passionately committed to Ireland - it's people, culture, and political destiny; at age 24 met and fell