8-5Death&Grave

**Shakespeare grave and death.**
//Answer prepared by Nicole H// Shakespeare was believed to have died on the 23 rd of April in the year of 1616. According to Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust, The means of Shakespeare's death is still a mystery.It was believed that he died from an illness, but of which illness we still do not know. Many historians though believe that he was already ill when he signed his will. Shakespeare is buried in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-Upon-Avon. on his grave there is an inscription that reads according to "Shakespeare FAQs by Annabelle Melezar" "Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,to digg the dust encloased heare bleste be ye man yt(that) spares these stones and curst be he that moves my bones."A spooky inscription isn't it? To me it kind of sounds like a warning not to touch or move him or you will be cursed.Shakespeares grave itself is not very great. The grave is very plain, it is a block of cement with that inscription on it. Nothing to fancy and nothing exuberant or as big as we would have thought it would be for a man of his stature. His grave is actually underneath the floor of Holy Trinity church,buried what we believe to be twenty feet below the floor. The church itself is a very regal looking building it is very narrow with rows of wooden pews on the inside.It is made of a grey stone and is very big it has many steeples and is right on the edge of a river. I will include a picture because it is extremely hard to explain. Shakespeare was chosen to be buried at Holy Trinity because he was baptized in Holy Trinity also along with his children and grandchildren that were also baptized there. A weird thing about Shakespeare's grave is that it does not bear his name, but is the first in a row of graves that commemorates the different members of his family Susanna, her husband, Anne Hathaway, his son Hamlet, and Thomas Nashe husband of Elizabeth. One thing that has gotten scholars confused was the fact that his death went almost completely unnoticed until a year or two later. Their were no eulogies written for him in the first year or two of his death.Many people find this puzzling because he was a famous and extremely respected man.This just goes to show that we really do not know much about Shakespeare's death and not as much as we would like to think about his life.