shakespeare get to know me! aka as the bard (poet) of avon, william, has enormously influenced our...
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SHAKESPEAREGet to know me!
AKA as The Bard (Poet)Of Avon, William,
has enormously influenced our modern day language.
How has Shakespeare’s Language influenced you?
Shakespeare contributed more phrases to the English language than the Bible or any other work - and many more than any other individual. Here's a small collection of well-known quotations that are associated with Shakespeare.
How many of these Shakespearean
phrases have you heard?• A fool’s paradise• A sorry sight • All that glitters is not
gold• All’s well that ends
well• In the twinkling of an
eye• Love is blind
• As dead as a doornail• As good luck would
have it• As pure as the driven
snow• Off with his head• Out of the jaw’s of
death
Or how about . . .
• The game (jig) is up!• Method in my
madness• Too much of a good
thing• Vanish into thin air• What a piece of work
is man • Knock, Knock! Who’s
there?
• Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears
• Green eyed monster• Give the Devil his due• I have not slept a
wink• Wear my heart upon
my sleeve
Elizabethan EnglandShakespeare lived
during the historical time period named after Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603).
often referred to as
Elizabethan England, or Tudor England– Queen E’s last name.
Shakespeare: A Renaissance Man in Elizabethan England
• The Renaissance (1500-1660): A time when Art, literature, music, science and maritime power advanced like no time before it.
• Some Renaissance inventions were:
Elizabethan Astrology
• New thinking and ideas • Age of Nostradamus • fusion of Christianity, Philosophy, magic and
astrology. • Shakespeare makes over 100 references to
Astrology. The subject is mentioned in every one of his plays, and Astrology was often critical to the plots, the actions and events surrounding characters.
• Fates are hindered by the stars.
Shakespeare’s works
• Shakespeare's works have a universal and timeless appeal due to his understanding of human nature as well as people's motives. Above all, he had a great tolerance, sympathy, and love for all people, good or evil.
Shakespeare’s Career in Theater
• 1580s moved to London
• Joined Lord Chamberlain’s Men--most popular troupe of actors in London.
• Partner in several theatrical ventures-- One of the properties of the Globe Theatre.
Shakespeare also wrote over Shakespeare also wrote over 150 Sonnets150 Sonnets
““Shall I Shall I compare compare thee to a thee to a summer’s summer’s day?”—day?”—from from sonnet 18sonnet 18
SHAKESPEARE’S FAMILY
• Married Anne Hathaway in 1582
• Three children, Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith.
• Son Hamnet died at the age of eleven.