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William Shakespeare
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For all his fame and celebration, William Shakespeare remains a [blank] figure with regards to personal history. There are just two primary sources for information on the Bard: his works, and various legal and [blank] documents that have survived from Elizabethan times. Naturally, there are many [blank] in this body of information, which tells us little about Shakespeare the man.
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For all his fame and celebration, William Shakespeare remains a mysterious figure with regards to personal history. There are just two primary sources for information on the Bard: his works, and various legal and church documents that have survived from Elizabethan times. Naturally, there are many gaps in this body of information, which tells us little about Shakespeare the man.
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