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William Shakespeare
Learning Target: I can explain why William Shakespeare
became known as one of the finest writers in the English language by
filling in my Slot Notes.
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Early Life of William Shakespeare
• William Shakespeare was born in 1564 (the exact date is unknown).
• He was the third of eight children and the only son who survived into adulthood.
• His father was a glove-maker and alderman (like a city councilman).
• He received an education at a local grammar school in Latin and the classics.
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Career• In his early life, most people believe that
Shakespeare earned a living as a school master at home in Stratford on Avon.
• Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the theater company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later known as the King’s Men.
• In 1593, the Plague struck England and theaters were closed for two years. Shakespeare used this time to write.
• He produced most of his known work between 1590 and 1613.
• He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later.
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Work• Shakespeare’s work includes
poetry and plays.• His work modeled some of the
classic works of Greek and Roman tradition.
• Shakespeare was successful in his own lifetime; he was both famous and rich.
• His work has even created famous expressions in modern English (e.g. “with baited breath” or “a forgone conclusion” )
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Poetry
• Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets– poem of fourteen lines – follows a strict rhyme
scheme and specific structure
• Shakespeare also wrote three narrative poems.
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Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growest:So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this and this gives life to thee
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Plays
• Shakespeare wrote 38 plays
• His plays fall into 3 categories:– Tragedies– Histories– Comedies
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Most Famous Works
• Tragedies– Hamlet– Macbeth– Julius Caesar– King Lear– Othello– Romeo and Juliet
"To be, or not to be: that is the question". - Hamlet (Act III, Scene I).
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Most Famous Works (cont.)
• Comedies:– Merchant of Venice– A Midsummer Night’s
Dream– Much Ado About Nothing– Taming of the Shrew
"The course of true love never did run smooth". A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act I, Scene I).
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The Globe Theater• Shakespeare and his partners
in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men theater company built the Globe Theater in London in 1599.
• Shakespeare’s work was performed in other theaters, but the Globe produced his best known works.
• Shakespeare often acted in his own plays.
• The original theater burned to the ground in 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII.
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The Globe Theater
These photos are from the reconstructed Globe Theater built in 1997.
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