shakespeare
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William Shakespeare,1564 - 1616
Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon
Lived under the late renaissance.Renaissance means rebirth.
The rebirth of old ideals from ancient Greece.
Meant that the theater was very popular.
Wrote plays and poetryPlays:TragediesHistoriesComedies
Poetry: preferably sonnets
Sonnet: 13 lines, Rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips' red;If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damasked, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.
Sonnet 130
The tragediesTragedy – story about suffering
HamletMacbethRomeo and JulietOthello
The historiesHistories: plays based on kings’ lives
Richard IIIHenry IVHenry VHenry VIII
The comediesMuch Ado About NothingA Midsummer Night’s DreamThe Merchant from VeniceThe Taming of the ShrewThe Tempest
Famous quotesAll the world's a stage,and all the men and women merely players:they have their exits and their entrances;and one man in his time plays many parts…
As You Like it
To be or not to be; that is the question
Hamlet
What's in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other word would smell as sweet;
Romeo and Juliet
Fair is foul, and foul is fair
Macbeth
Find out….
What is the play about?
Is it a tragedy, comedy or history? Why?
Are there any particularly famous versions?
Are there any especially famous lines? What are they?
Any extra interesting information?