SHAKESPEARE ENG 1-2 (H)

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1 SHAKESPEARE ENG 1-2 (H)

2 SHAKESPEARE 101 Name: William Shakespeare Date of Birth: April 23, 1564 Place of Birth: Stra>ord-upon-Avon, England Educa5on: Grammar School Married: Anne Hathaway; 1582 Children: 3; Hamnet Shakespeare (died during childhood), Susanna Hall, and Judith Quiney Date of Death: April 23, 1616

3 SHAKESPEARE: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY In 1582 at the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway who was 26. She was pregnant before they were married.

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5 LIFE AND TIMES lex his family and moved to London. Became an actor and playwright Part-owner of the Globe Theater Plague closes theaters; reopen in 1593 His theater troupe, The King s Men, gained royal support from King James (Big Deal!) Re`red in his plays are published in the First Folio 39 plays; 154 sonnets

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9 Comedies All s Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Love s Labour s Lost Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Pericles The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Troilus and Cressida TwelGh Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Noble Kinsmen The Winter s Tale Histories King John Richard II Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II Henry V Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III Richard III Henry VIII Tragedies Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus *Cardenio

10 LEGACY combine natural human conflict with drama`c flair producing entertainment that appeals to the audiences of today as well as the audiences for which they were wriden.

11 BY THE NUMBERS Introduced almost 3,000 words to the English language Created 1,380 characters Shakespeare was spelled 80 different ways Two play have been translated to Klingon; Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing

12 ROMEO & JULIET ENG 5-6

13 SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY Tragedy n. a play dealing with tragic events and has an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character

14 WHAT MAKES IT A SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY? Ends with the death of the tragic hero(es) An element of faith Other people die as part of the tragic chain of events Purpose is to arouse pity and fear in the audience

15 SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY ELEMENTS The heroes reach a peak in the play of happiness, or achievement AXer, there is a peripateia, where event take a turn for the worse The heroes are in some part responsible for this change of fortunes

16 ROMEO AND JULIET AND ELIZABETHAN THEATER Shakespeare did not create the story of Romeo and Juliet. In fact, it was done at least twice before. The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet was wriden by Arthur Brooke in This is considered Shakespeare s chief source for Romeo and Juliet. However, the Roman myth, Thisbe and Pyramus, is also a story with the same plot as Romeo and Juliet.

17 Setting The story is set in the late 1500s mostly in the town of Verona, Italy. However, there are a few acts set in Mantua, Italy a smaller town just a few miles away.

18 PLAY STRUCTURE Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V In a Tragedy Introduc`on Rising Ac`on Climax Falling Ac`on Conclusion R&J Timeline Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

19 Themes Love The power of love Love as a cause for violence Hate Hate as a forced emotion Fate The inevitability of fate

20 CHARACTERS

21 ROMEO - Is a Montague - 16 years old - Cute, smart, sensi`ve and roman`c

22 LADY MONTAGUE Romeo s Mom

23 LORD MONTAGUE Romeo s dad Worries about Romeo s sadness

24 BALTHASAR Romeo s servant

25 ABRAM Montague s servant Fights Sampson and Gregory in the beginning

26 BENVOLIO Romeo s cousin & friend Tries to break-up fights and keep the peace.

27 JULIET is a Capulet, 13 yrs old Juliet is very close with the nurse.

28 LORD CAPULET Juliet s dad Insists Juliet marry the man he wants her to marry

29 LADY CAPULET Juliet s mom Ineffectual mother- relies on the nurse to mother Juliet

30 NURSE Has cared for Juliet since she was born Vulgar, long-winded, loyal and a confidante to Juliet

31 GREGORY & SAMPSON Servants to the Capulets Start a fight w/ Montagues at the beginning of the play

32 TYBALT Juliet s cousin Quick tempered; eager to fight

33 MERCUTIO Related to the prince Good friends W/ Romeo Believes love is about the physical contact and nothing else.

34 PRINCE ESCALUS Prince of Verona Related to Mercu`o and Paris

35 COUNT PARIS Related to the prince Preferred by the Capulets to marry Juliet

36 ROSALINE The woman who Romeo is obsessed with at the beginning of the play.

37 THE APOTHECARY Like a pharmacist He sells the poison to Romeo. Values money more than morals

38 FRIAR LAWRENCE Friend to Romeo and Juliet Kind, civic-minded Secretly marries R & J in hopes that their marriage will end the feud. He is a Catholic holy man and also familiar with po`ons and herbs.

39 LITERARY TERMS

40 Aside Lines whispered to the audience or to another character (not heard by all the characters on stage) Soliloquy One character gives a long speech

41 IRONY CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT APPEARS TO BE AND WHAT REALLY IS Drama5c Irony audience knows something the characters don t Verbal Irony Meaning is different from what is said (sarcasm) Situa5onal Irony Situa`on is not as it appears to be

42 Personifica5on Give human quali`es to non-human things Allusion reference to another literary work, a historical event or person Pun play on words

43 Tragedy play in which the main character suffers a major downfall Prologue Introduc`on to a play in which one character sums up & foreshadows future events Prose regular paragraph format with no rhyme or rhythm

44 Metaphor comparison of two different things

45 Foreshadowing hints or clues to future events in a story Inference Draw conclusions as to what has already happened

46 Assonance repe``on of vowel sounds Allitera5on repe``on of consonant sounds

47 Connota5on meanings we assign to words Denota5on dic`onary defini`ons