INTRODUCTIONSHAKESPEARE &

TRAGEDY

Shakespeare

Tragedy ComedyTragicomedy

MacbethHamlet

King LearRomeo and

Juliet

Merchant of Venice

Taming of the ShrewTwelfth Night

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespearean Tragedy

•Supernatural elements

•Comic relief

•Tragic hero

•Fate and circumstances

•Conflict and revenge

•Numerous deaths

•Catharsis

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)

QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1533-1603)

QUEEN ELIZABETH I considered to be the greatest Monarch in

English history.

She ruled alone for half a century, and dazzled even her greatest enemies.

Admirable sense of duty.

Her genuine love for her subjects was legendary.

THE GLOBE THEATRE

THE GALLERY

THE GALLERY

THE GROUNDLINGS AREA

THE STAGE

THE SIDE STAGE

SHAKESPEAREAN LANGUAGE

- VOCABULARY -Early Modern English

ThyTheeThouThine Says’tYea/ Ay

HastBeseech

Ere Moon

Modern EnglishYour (poss. adjective)

You (object)You (subject)

Your (poss. noun)SayYesHasBeg

BeforeMonth

SHAKESPEAREAN LANGUAGE – VOCABULARY

-Basic verb form

Say

Drink

Lie

Hate

Verb Inflections

Say’st

Drink’est

Liest

Hateth

SHAKESPEAREAN LANGUAGE – SYNTAX -

Ours

Subject – Verb – Object order

Eg. I walked the dog.

I do not love you.

His

Object - Subject - Verb order.

Eg. The dog I walked.

I love you not.

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