Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare | Themes
Family and Family Life
Family relationships are a major theme in Shakespeare's plays and a major theme in Will in the World. Especially important are marriage and fatherhood. According to Greenblatt, Shakespeare's marriage to Anne Hathaway was an unhappy one. He chose to live apart from her for most of their married life, and on dying he left her only his "second best bed." In the plays, although the comedies end in marriages and some of the tragedies involve married couples, Shakespeare expresses a sour view of the prospects for happiness in marriage. Shakespeare...
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