my name is david
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Done by: David Li
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• Son of John and Mary Shakespeare• Baptized on 26 April 1564 and died on 23
April 1616• Married to Anne Hathaway and had three
children: Susanna, Hamnet and Judith• A well-known playwright with a high social
status
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• Educated at King's New School in Stratford
• Left school at an early age• Become his father’s assistant in his shop
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• Inspired by the nature and other famous playwrights
• His plays were well received and became a rich man
• The famous plays includes “Romeo and Juliet”, and “Hamlet”
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• The age of great poetry and drama• People believed in astrology, but science
and medicine progressing very fast• During the Elizabethan age• Affected by Renaissance
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• His plays reflected the difference between the classes of people.
• Often about famous people.
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• It is very unlikely to change your social status
• Education was no sufficient to improve it• A system of hierarchy
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• Had no roof, no lighting.• Had seats at higher level• Had a trapdoor down the stage and a
back stage.• No female actors
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• Actors could move freely.• Plays that benefit:The ghost in “Hamlet” could disappear as and when.• Trapdoors in the ceiling enables actors to
“fly” using a rope
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• The rebirth of learning• Increased interest in art and learning of
ancient Greece and Rome• End of the Middle Age• Began in Italy
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• Greater knowledge of ancient science and belief
• Scholars began doubting the religious beliefs
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• Shakespeare “Julius Caesar” was based on the roman general
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