rship. In 1874, Oscar crowned his successes at Trinity with two final achievements. He won the College's Berkeley Gold Medal for Greek and was awarded a Demyship (scholarship) to Magdalen College, Oxford. Wilde's father died on April 19, 1876 and the family's financial situation was not good. William's oldest son from before the marriage, Henry Wilson, paid the mortgage on the family home and continued to financially support the family until his sudden death in 1878. However, at this point, Wilde was just about grown and ready to be on his own. Like Shakespeare, he was able to take advantage of many opportunities before financial troubles hit. He was able to gain much experience and education that would benefit him throughout his writing career (cmgww.com/historic/wilde/).
             Both authors had relationships in their adult lives that had would have an affect on their works. In November of 1582, at the age of eighteen, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway (a woman eight years his senior), and that she gave birth to a daughter, Susanna, six months late
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