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The Renaissance and Shakespeare Originated from Italy in the late 13th century and boomed in Europe in 16th century, the Renaissance just seemed like a wisdom storm sweeping across the continent of Europe, even the whole world. The Renaissance was the first great enlightenment in human history, its influence for human society was beyond measured. Engels once said: “this was a most great and progressed revolution which people never experienced in human history. And this was a full of wisdom and passion period which born many giants in varied areas.” The Renaissance was a cultural revolution against the feudal ideas which leaded by the asset class. The core idea of the Renaissance was humanism spirit. They advocated human nature and opposed divine nature. They encouraged people chasing their own happiness and pursuing the liberation of human nature. The Renaissance left a great fortune ranged from literature, painting and music to astronomy, mathematics and so on. Until today it also exerts a subtle influence in our daily life.The western literature came to an unprecedented prosperity in the period of Renaissance. We can never ignore a great, distinguished and outstanding English litterateur - Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was born in 26 April 1564 and died in 23 April 1616. He was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon.Shakespeare was a gifted dramatist and poet. Many of his masterpieces were adapted into films. Which known to us are theRomeo and Juliet，Hamletand so on. Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the 19th century. The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeares genius, and the Victorians worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry". In the 20th century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance.Shakespeare represented the highest achievement of literature in the European Renaissance period. Even today, hundred years later, there are also so many fans of Shakespeare all around the world.