 You tell me. At this point, you should know the important aspects.

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 Lived from 1564 – 1616  Born in Stratford-on-Avon in England  Wrote 37 plays  Wrote approximately 154 sonnets  Began his career as an actor

 Was a member/actor of the theatre company  Also wrote plays for them  In 1599, the members of Lord Chamberlain’s Men built the Globe Theatre  Most of Shakespeare’s plays were performed there

 Opened to the general public  Roofless  No artificial lighting  Surrounded by three levels of galleries  Wealthy theatre-goers were the only people who had seats  Very little scenery was used  Actors wore elaborate costumes  Only men & boys performed in plays  Young boys played the female roles

 Comedy  History  Tragedy

 Also known as What You Will  One of Shakespeare’s great comedies  The title refers to the twelfth night after Christmas (the end of the holiday season)  This play is about…  Three couples  The reuniting of a set of twins  A social outcast

 Written using Modern English (as opposed to Old or Middle English).  Had a vocabulary of 34,000 words, twice as many as an educated individual today.  Shakespeare invented more words than anyone who ever lived.  Words introduced by Shakespeare include: agile, catastrophe, critical, demonstrate, dire, emphasis, extract, hereditary, horrid, mediate, modest, vast, barricade, cavalier, mutiny, accommodation, dislocate, assassination, dexterously, indistinguishable, obscene, premeditated.  Some no longer used: “convive” meaning to feast together, and “smilet” meaning a little smile.  Made up his own grammar: ▪ Nouns used as verbs, “he childed as I fathered.” ▪ Verbs used as nouns, “she hath made compare” ▪ Adverb used as adjective, “a seldom pleasure”  Many words used by Shakespeare had different meanings than they do today.

 Pronouns:  Friends and children: “thou, thy, and thee” used among familiars and in  Superiors or strangers: “ye, your, and you”  In Twelfth Night, a joke is made about using the familiar “thou” rather than the formal “you.”  Shakespeare’s wrote in unrhymed iambic pentameter: 10 syllables per line (5 iambic feet, two syllables each, second syllable gets the accent)  Uses rhyme in some places within the text for a variety of reasons: ▪ To convey emotion heightening ▪ While leaving the stage ▪ At the conclusion of a scene ▪ During speeches between 2 characters (Romeo & Juliet) ▪ Speeches of mockery ▪ Some characters (clowns) associated with rhyme ▪ Comic scenes

 “It’s Greek to me.”  You claim to be more sinned against than sinning  “I acted more in sorrow than in anger.”  Something has vanished into thin air  “I refuse to budge an inch.”  or suffered from green-eyed jealousy,  If you have played fast and loose,  If you have been tongue-tied,  a tower of strength,  hoodwinked  slept not one wink,  stood on ceremony,  had short shrift,  had cold comfort,  or too much of a good thing;  I have seen better days,

 as good luck would have it,  If you think it is high time,  and that that is the long and short of it,  If you believe that the game is up and that truth will out,  even if it involves your own flesh and blood;  because you suspect foul play;  without rhyme or reason;  then, to give the devil his due,  if the truth were known  If you wish I was dead as a doornail,  if you think I am an eyesore,  a laughing stock,  the devil incarnate,  a stony-hearted villain,  bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, then--  For goodness sake!  What the dickens!

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