Well, there's not a lot of written records to prove that Shakespeare even existed, but I have read that he had maybe three or four, although I'm not sure how many of them survived childhood. It's hard to know because there were no birth certificates back then and one must trace through church records or a census, if any. A copy of his will still exists, listing the property he owned when he died and leaving everything to his wife, but I think that one son is mentioned in the will.
You can see his will at the below link. I didn't read it this time, so maybe I'm wrong about it mentioning his son, but I think it does. More.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.