shakespeare and stuff
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Shakespeare and Stuff. Information on Shakespeare, his life, and his plays. Biographical Info. 1564-1616 Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England Wrote tragedies, histories, and comedies Wrote 38 plays and appx. 154 sonnets Began as an actor Writes in Modern English. Romeo and Juliet. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Shakespeare and Stuff
Information on Shakespeare, his life, and his plays.
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Biographical Info
1564-1616 Born in Stratford-upon-Avon,
England Wrote tragedies, histories,
and comedies Wrote 38 plays and appx.
154 sonnets Began as an actor Writes in Modern English
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Romeo and Juliet
Written about 1595 Tragedy West Side Story High class characters speak in iambic
pentameter Low class characters speak in prose Awesome play
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Interesting Facts
Opening scenes could promise supernatural beings, a party, or a fight
Humpty Dumpty=tragedy Food at play-meats, fruits, nuts, biscuits
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The Theater
Public playsRoofless- open airNo artificial lightingCourtyard surrounded by 3 levels
of galleries
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Audience
Rich-benches“Groundlings” or “droolers” or
“stinkards”- pit– Uneducated
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Theater
Stage-platform that extended into the pit
Dressing & storage rooms in galleries behind & above stage
Second-level gallery-upper stageTrap door-ghosts“Heavens”- angelic beings
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Pictures!
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The Play
No scenerySettings - references in dialogueElaborate costumesPlenty of propsFast-paced, colorfulCrowd interaction
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Actors
Only men and boysYoung boys whose voices had not
changed play women’s rolesWould have been considered
indecent for a woman to appear on stage
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Conflict
The struggle that develops– man vs. man– man vs. himself– man vs. society– man vs. nature
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Tragedy
Drama where the central character/s suffer disaster/great misfortune– In many tragedies, downfall results from:
FateCharacter flaw/Fatal flawCombination of the two
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Characters
Static-stays the same Round-multi-faceted Flat-one-dimensional Dynamic-change Dramatic foil-shows off another
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Tools Used
Monologue-1 person speaking on stage Soliloquy- long speech, alone, thoughts Aside-softly spoken, private Direct address-characters addressing: “fair
coz” Pun-humorous language
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Comic Relief
Comedy within literature that is NOT comedy
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Irony
Dramatic- contradiction between what character thinks and what audience knows
Situational- event occurs that contradicts expectations
Verbal- words to express opposite