Entry 1: Othello Do Now… In you opinion, what is the worst kind of betrayal? Describe why. April 27, 2011

Entry 1 April 27, 2011 William Shakespeare Introducing…

Biography…  Lived from April, 1564 to April, 1616  Born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England  Married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18, who was 8 years older than him  3 Children

Biography…  Education  Attended the Stratford Grammar School  Did NOT go to Oxford or Cambridge  Completed his schooling at age 14  Actor, Playwright, Poet,  Author of 37 plays and 154 sonnets

Why is he still so famous?  His plays portray recognizable people in situations we experience in our lives:  love, marriage, death, mourning, guilt, the need to make difficult choices, separation, reunion and reconciliation  They do so with great humanity, humor, and wisdom

Why is he still so famous?  They are constantly fresh and can be adapted to the place and time they are performed  Their language is expressive and powerfullanguage  They help us to understand what it is to be human, and to cope with the problems of the world.

Impact on Language  He created these words by, "changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original.”  - estimates of his contributions range from 800 to more than 3000 words

A Sampling of Words Coined by Shakespeare:  academe accused addiction advertising amazement arouse assassination backing bandit bedroom beached besmirch birthplace blanket bloodstained barefaced blushing bet bump buzzer caked cater champion circumstantial cold-blooded compromise courtship countless critic dauntless dawn deafening discontent dishearten drugged dwindle epileptic equivocal elbow excitement exposure eyeball fashionable fixture flawed frugal generous gloomy gossip green-eyed gust hint hobnob hurried impede impartial invulnerable jaded label lackluster laughable lonely lower luggage lustrous madcap majestic marketable metamorphize mimic monumental moonbeam mountaineer negotiate noiseless obscene obsequiously ode olympian outbreak panders pedant premeditated puking radiance rant remorseless savagery scuffle secure skim milk submerge summit swagger torture tranquil undress unreal varied vaulting worthless zany academeaccusedaddictionadvertisingamazementarouse assassinationbackingbanditbedroombeachedbesmirch birthplaceblanketbloodstainedbarefacedblushingbetbump buzzercakedcaterchampioncircumstantialcold-blooded compromisecourtshipcountlesscriticdauntlessdawndeafening discontentdisheartendruggeddwindleepilepticequivocalelbow excitementexposureeyeballfashionablefixtureflawedfrugal generousgloomygossipgreen-eyedgusthinthobnobhurried impedeimpartialinvulnerablejadedlabellacklusterlaughable lonelylowerluggagelustrousmadcapmajesticmarketable metamorphizemimicmonumentalmoonbeammountaineer negotiatenoiselessobsceneobsequiouslyodeolympianoutbreak panderspedantpremeditatedpukingradiancerantremorseless savageryscufflesecureskim milksubmergesummitswagger torturetranquilundressunrealvariedvaultingworthlesszany

Elizabethan Times  Queen Elizabeth ruled from  “Golden Age”—poetry, music, literature  Protestant  Age of exploration and expansion

Elizabethan Times  London largest city in Europe. Population 200, Doubles again in 50 years.  The Theatres in London were not on the “better” side of the River Thames  Surrounded by brothels, pubs and gaming houses  Bear baiting, cock fights and tournaments were being held in the same space that the original theatre was performed

THEATRE : A COMMERCIAL VENTURE  No longer state or church supported  6 days a week (NO Sundays)  In the afternoon,(2-5)No lights  Changed plays often to keep the people coming  They announced what kind of play was showing with flags: Black-Tragedy,White-comedy, Red- History  One play could be performed up to ten times in a season  New plays in constant demand

THE GLOBE THEATRE  One of the most famous Elizabethan theatres  Surrounded on three sides by seating “galleries”  Shakespeare’s troupe performed here. He was part owner in the theatre  The acting company had about 25 actors, all male

THE GLOBE THEATRE…  The Globe held about 3000 people  1c admission for standing room  Higher price for gallery seating  Private boxes for the nobility  Sold refreshments  No restroom, no intermission  “Box Office”

HIS WORKS…

Comedy  A Midsummer Night's Dream  All's Well That Ends Well  As You Like It  Cymbeline  Loves Labours Lost  Measure for Measure  Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing  Pericles, Prince of Tyre  The Comedy of Errors  The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice  The Merry Wives of Windsor  The Taming of the Shrew  The Tempest  Troilus and Cressida  Twelfth Night  Two Gentlemen of Verona  Winter's Tale

Tragedy  Antony and Cleopatra  Coriolanus  Hamlet Hamlet  Julius Caesar Julius Caesar  King Lear  Macbeth Macbeth  Othello  Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet  Timon of Athens  Titus Andronicus

History  Henry IV, part 1  Henry IV, part 2  Henry V  Henry VI, part 1  Henry VI, part 2  Henry VI, part 3  Henry VIII  King John  Richard II  Richard III

Quotes  “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.” “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” The course of true love never did run smooth

April 28, 2011 Entry 2: Do Now  3 of the most interesting things you learned about Shakespeare  2 Things you still want to know  1 Word that describes Shakespeare’s impact

Tips for reading…  Treat it as a puzzle—you will be doing the “leg work”  ACTIVE LISTENING