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SIW № 4. Theme “Creative activities of W. Shakespeare” – 1 academic hour

Problem-based, main questions

1. Creative activities of W. Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is one of the Shakespeare wrote a total of 38

greatest playwrights in history, plays, including classics such as
known for his poetic language, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, His plays often explore themes such
complex characters, and iconic and Othello. Each play showcases as love, revenge, power, and tragedy,
plays. His creative activities different aspects of human society, delivering powerful messages that
included writing plays, poetry, and delving deep into the psyche of his still resonate with audiences today.
sonnets that have stood the test of characters to reveal their thoughts,
time. motivations, and personalities.

In addition to his plays, Shakespeare

also wrote poetry and sonnets. His
Shakespeare was a master
Sonnets, which were published in
storyteller, crafting tales that were
1609, are 154 short poems that
universal in nature, exploring the
explore themes such as love, beauty,
human condition and the ultimate
and mortality. His poetry is known
questions of life and death.
for its lyrical quality and intricate
use of language.

- The Shakespeare authorship question

D espite his greatness, the authorship of Shakespeare's w ork has been a topic of debate for m any
years. Som e scholars and historians have questioned w hether Shakespeare actually w rote the
plays and sonnets attributed to him .

M any theories have been proposed, including that Shakespeare w as a pen nam e for another
w riter, or that he collaborated w ith other w riters to produce his w orks.

D espite these debates, the overw helm ing m ajority of scholars believe that Shakespeare did, in
fact, w rite his plays and sonnets. There is abundant evidence that Shakespeare w as a prolific
w riter, and that his w orks w ere produced and perform ed during his lifetim e.
 The life of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-
upon-Avon in England in 1564. He was the son
of a glove-maker, and he grew up in a middle-
class family. Shakespeare attended grammar
school, but he did not attend university. He
married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and they had
three children together.

Shakespeare began his career as an actor and

writer in London in the late 16th century. He
quickly became a prominent figure in the
London theater scene, and his plays were highly
successful during his lifetime. Shakespeare retired from the stage in the early 17th
century and returned to Stratford-upon-Avon, where he died in 1616.

- Periodization and dating of Shakespeare’s works

Scholars have divided Shakespeare's plays into four distinct periods, based on their
style, themes, and content. These periods are known as the Early Period, the
Second Period, the Mature Period, and the Late Period.

The Early Period (1590-1594) includes plays such as Titus

Andronicus and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. These plays are
characterized by their use of puns, wordplay, and popular
sources.

The Second Period (1595-1600) includes plays such as Romeo

and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Merchant of
Venice. These plays are characterized by their use of poetry and
heightened language, as well as their exploration of love and
romance.

The Mature Period (1601-1608) includes plays such as Hamlet,

King Lear, and Macbeth. These plays are characterized by their
exploration of complex psychological themes, such as madness
and revenge.

The Late Period (1609-1613) includes plays such as The

Tempest and The Winter's Tale. These plays are characterized
by their use of a more meditative and reflective tone, as well as
their exploration of themes such as redemption and
reconciliation.
2. Analysis of a comedy by Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)

it has the love and relationship elem ent.

A s is often the case, there are tw o couples. O ne of the w om en is disguised

as a m an through m ost of the text – typical of S hakespearean com edy – but
the other is in a very unpleasant situation – a young Jew ess seduced aw ay
from her father by a shallow , rather dull young C hristian.

T he play ends w ith the lovers all together, as usual, celebrating their love and
the w ay things have turned out w ell for their group. T hat resolution has com e
about by com pletely destroying a m an’s life.

3. Analysis of a tragedy by Shakespeare (Hamlet)

Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is one of his most
renowned tragedies and explores the complex
inner turmoil of the titular character, Prince
Hamlet. The play explores themes of revenge,
madness, mortality, and the consequences of
inaction.

In the end, the tragedy of "Hamlet" lies not

From the opening scenes, it is clear
just in the deaths of its characters but in the
that Hamlet is a man struggling deeply
sense of wasted potential and unfulfilled
with grief and despair. He mourns the
promise. Hamlet's indecisiveness ultimately
loss of his father and is appalled by his
leads to the deaths of himself and those
mother's hasty remarriage to his uncle,
around him, leaving us with a sense of
who he despises.
profound sadness and loss.

Similarly, characters such as

Claudius and Polonius are not pure One of the most compelling aspects of
"Hamlet" is its exploration of the complex
villains but are shown to possess a and conflicting motivations of the
degree of nuance and complexity, characters. Hamlet is not simply a
their actions driven by their own vengeful hero seeking justice, but a flawed
internal struggles and desires. and deeply human individual grappling
with his own mortality and the uncertain
nature of his existence.
 4. Analysis of Shakespeare’s sonnets
(That thou hast her it is not all my grief)

‘Sonnet 42,’ also known as ‘That thou hast her it is not all my grief,’ is number
forty-two of one hundred fifty-four that Shakespeare wrote over his lifetime. It
is part of the Fair Youth sequence of sonnets (numbers one through one hundred
twenty-six). In this particular poem, the speaker discusses the Fair Youth’s
betrayal of him. The youth greatly disappointed the speaker by sleeping with his
mistress. This is something that he has been discussing in the
previous stanzas and which he recently decided to forgive the youth for.

‘Sonnet 42’ by William Shakespeare is a fourteen-line sonnet that is structured

in the form known as a “Shakespearean” or English sonnet. The poem is made
up of three quatrains, or sets of four lines, and one concluding couplet, or set of
two rhyming lines. They follow a consistent rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD
EFEF GG and are written in iambic pentameter.

References:
http://elib.cspu.ru/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/1070/Челпанова%20из
%20IPRbooks%20Lectures%20on%20English%20Literature.pdf

https://literarydevices.net/hamlet/

https://nosweatshakespeare.com/plays/types/comedy/