shakespeare: his life and times
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Shakespeare: His Life and Times. Adapted from http://www.public.asu.edu/~muckerrm/English_321_S2005/Introduction.ppt. Early Life. Born 1564—died 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner John—glovemaker, local politician. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Shakespeare: His Life and TimesShakespeare: His Life and Times
Adapted from http://www.public.asu.edu/~muckerrm/English_321_S2005/Introduction.ppt
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Early LifeEarly Life
Born 1564—died 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden
Shakespeare• Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner• John—glovemaker, local politician
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From: http://www.where-can-i-find.com/tourist-maps.html
Location of Stratford-upon-AvonLocation of Stratford-upon-Avon
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As reproduced in William Rolfe, Shakespeare the Boy (1896).
Stratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s TimeStratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s Time
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From Stratford’s web site: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/index.htm
Stratford-upon-Avon Today
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/
Shakespeare’s BirthplaceShakespeare’s Birthplace
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• Probably attended King’s New School in Stratford
• Educated in:• Rhetoric• Logic• History• Latin
EducationEducation
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/
King’s New SchoolKing’s New School
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• Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant at the time with their first daughter
• Had twins in 1585• Sometime between 1585-1592, he moved
to London and began working in theatre.
Married LifeMarried Life
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/
Anne Hathaway’s CottageAnne Hathaway’s Cottage
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• Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men
• Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor
• Burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays
Theatre CareerTheatre Career
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The Rebuilt Globe Theater, LondonThe Rebuilt Globe Theater, London
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The Globe TheaterThe Globe Theater
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The PlaysThe Plays
38 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare14 comedies10 histories10 tragedies4 romances
Possibly wrote three others Collaborated on several others
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• 154 Sonnets• Numerous other poems
The PoetryThe Poetry
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Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare did NOT write in “Old English.”
• Old English is the language of Beowulf:Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum Þeodcyninga Þrym gefrunonHu ða æÞelingas ellen fremedon!
(Hey! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes, how noble princes showed great courage!)
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Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare did not write in “Middle English.”
• Middle English is the language of Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory:
We redeth oft and findeth y-write—And this clerkes wele it wite—Layes that ben in harpingBen y-founde of ferli thing… (Sir Orfeo)
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Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”• EME was not very different from “Modern English,”
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Shakespeare’s Language
• A mix of old and very new• Rural and urban words/images• Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble
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Elizabethan Theatrical
Conventions
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A theatrical convention is a
suspension of reality.
No electricity
Women forbidden
to act on stage
Minimal, contemporary
costumes
Minimal scenery
These control the dialogue.These control the dialogue.
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Audience loves to be scared.
Audience loves to be scared.
Soliloquy
Aside Types of speechTypes of speech
Blood
Use of supernatural
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Use of disguises/
mistaken identity
Multiple marriages
(in comedies)
Multiple murders
(in tragedies)
Last speaker—highest in
rank (in tragedies)
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“All the world 's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.”