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    William Shakespeare was a renowned playwright and poet during the late 16th and early 17th centuries in England. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets that have had immense influence on English literature and culture. Some of his most famous plays include tragedies such as Hamlet, comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, and histories such as Henry V.

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    William Shakespeare was a renowned playwright and poet during the late 16th and early 17th centuries in England. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets that have had immense influence on English literature and culture. Some of his most famous plays include tragedies such as Hamlet, comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, and histories such as Henry V.

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    William Shakespeare was a renowned playwright and poet during the late 16th and early 17th centuries in England. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets that have had immense influence on English literature and culture. Some of his most famous plays include tragedies such as Hamlet, comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, and histories such as Henry V.

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    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A short

    introduction
    AFTER THIS CLASS...

     You will know something about Shakespeare’s background


     You will be able to name different genres of his works
     You will be able to give examples of how Shakespeare is still
    visible in our culture today
    THE MAN
    HIMSELF
    What do you
    know about
    Shakespeare?

    Write down
    some
    keywords.
    HIS LIFE

    B. 1546 – d. 1616


    Stratford upon Avon
     Father a glover & wooltrader
     Grammar school

    1582: marries Anne Hathaway


     1583: daughter Susanna
     1585: twins Hamnet & Judith
    his birthplace

    1585-1592: ????

    1592 > : actor, poet, playwright


    HIS WORKS

    • Some poems
    • 154 sonnets
    • 38 plays

     Tragedies
     Comedies
     Histories
    ACTOR & PLAYWRIGHT

     Lord Chamberlain’s Men

     The Rose

     The Globe
    SHAKESPEARE TODAY

    Vocabulary!
     Invented more than 1600 words:
     countless, critical, excellent, lonely, majestic, obscene, swagger

    Popular culture
    THE SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET

    S h al l I c o m p a r e t h e e to a s u m m e r ’ s d ay?
    Th o u a r t m o r e l ove l y a n d m o r e te m p e r a te :
    Ro u g h w i n d s d o s h a ke t h e d ar l i n g b u d s o f M ay,
    A n d s um m e r ’ s l e a s e h at h a l l to o s h o r t a d ate :

    S o m eti m e to o h o t t h e eye o f h e ave n s h i n e s ,


    A n d o f te n i s h i s g o l d c o m p l ex i o n d i m m ’ d ;
    A n d eve r y f ai r f ro m f ai r s o m e ti m e d e c l i n e s ,
    B y c h an c e , o r n at u r e ’ s c h a n g i n g c o u r s e
    un t r i m m ’ d ;

    B ut t hy e te r n al s u m m e r s h al l n o t f ad e ,
    N o r l o s e p o s s e s s i o n o f t h at f ai r t h o u ow ’ s t ,
    N o r s h a l l d e at h b r a g t h o u wa n d e r ’ s t i n h i s
    s h ad e ,
    W h e n i n e te r n al l i n e s to t i m e t h o u g row ’ s t;

    S o l o n g as m e n c an b r e a t h e , o r eye s c a n s e e ,
    S o l o n g l i ve s t h i s , an d t h i s g i ve s l i fe to t h e e .
    S ha l l I c o m p a r e t he e to a s u m m er ’ s d ay ? A How many
    T h o u a r t m o r e l ove l y a nd m o r e te m p e r a te : B lines?
    Ro u g h w i n d s d o s ha ke t h e d a r l i n g b u d s o f M ay, A
    A nd s u m m e r ’ s l e a s e h a t h a l l to o s ho r t a d ate : (B) What about the
    underlined
    S o m eti m e to o h o t t h e eye o f h eave n s h i n es , C parts?
    A nd o f te n i s hi s g o l d c o m p l ex i o n d i m m ’ d ;
    D
    Iambic
    A nd eve r y f a i r f ro m f a i r s o m e ti m e d ec l i n es , C
    B y c h a n c e , o r n a t u r e ’ s c h a ng i n g c o u r s e u nt r i m m ’ d ; D
    Pentameter:
    what does this
    B u t t hy ete r n a l s u m m e r s h a l l n o t f ad e, E mean?
    N o r l o s e p o s s e s s i o n o f t h a t f a i r t h o u ow ’ s t , F
    N o r s h a l l d ea t h b r a g t h o u wa nd er ’ s t i n h i s s h a d e , E What about the
    Wh en i n ete r n a l l i n e s to t i m e t h o u g row ’ s t; F content of the
    poem? What is
    ( V ) S o l o n g a s m e n c a n b r e at h e, o r eye s c an s e e, G it “about”?
    ( V ) S o l o n g l i ve s t h i s , a nd t hi s g i ve s l i fe to t h ee. G
    SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET

     Set in Elsinore, Denmark


     The king was killed by his brother Claudius
     The king comes back as ghost and asks
    his son Hamlet to kill Claudius
     Claudius is now married to Hamlet’s
    mother
     Hamlet “becomes” mad
     Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are
    asked to spy on Hamlet
     Meanwhile Hamlet commissions
    a play in which a king is
    murdered in the same way
    Claudius murdered his father
     Hamlet wants to see Claudius’
    reaction
     “To be or not to be”
    (contemplating suicide)
     Hamlet confronts Gertrude with
    what he knows and kills
    Polonius by mistake.
    SUMMARY

     Claudius sends Hamlet to England. His plan is to get Hamlet


    killed. This backfires.
     Laertes returns to court to find his father killed and his sister
    insane.
     Ophelia drowns and Hamlet returns at the exact moment of
    her burial.
     Claudius and Laertes devise a plan to kill Hamlet. This also
    backfires.
     Horatio is left to alive to tell the tale.
    GENRE

     Revenge tragedy
     Revenge
     Almost everyone gets killed
    SYMBOLISM

     What were reoccuring things/situations that had a symbolic


    meaning?

     Was there a message in the play? If yes, which message?

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