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	I.  INTRODUCTION - (Brief comment leading into subject matter -
                           Thesis statement on Shakespeare)
        II. BODY - Shakespeare's Early Life, Marriage, Works, Later Years
	    A. Early life in Stratford
	         1. Shakespeare's family
	             a. Shakespeare's father
	             b. Shakespeare's mother
	         2. Shakespeare's marriage
                     a. Life of Anne Hathaway
                     b. Reference in Shakespeare's Poems
	    B. Shakespeare's works
	         1. Plays
                     a. Tragedies
                        i. Hamlet
                        ii. Romeo and Juliet
                     b. Comedies
                        i. The Tempest
                        ii. Much Ado About Nothing
                     c. Histories
                        i. King John
                        ii. Richard III
                        iii. Henry VIII
                 2. Sonnets
                 3. Other poems
            C. Shakespeare's Later Years
                 1. Last two plays
                 2. Retired to Stratford
                     a. Death
                     b. Burial
                        i. Epitaph on his tombstone
        III. CONCLUSION
	    A. Analytical summary
                 1. Shakespeare's early life
                 2. Shakespeare's works
                 3. Shakespeare's later years
            B. Thesis reworded
            C. Concluding statement