William Shakespeare His era and writing. To understand a difficult literary work, it’s helpful to know about… ● Life of the writer ● History of the era.

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William Shakespeare His era and writing

To understand a difficult literary work, it’s helpful to know about… ● Life of the writer ● History of the era ● How the author used language ● Genre(s) of the writing

Who was William Shakespeare? ● A husband and father ● An actor ● A poet ● A playwright

Shakespeare’s Era ● Born 1564, died 1616 ● The Elizabethan Era

Elizabethan Theatre ● Popular with all classes ● Few props or costumes ● Performed in daylight ● No female actors

The NEW Globe Theatre

Shakespeare’s Writing ● Stages of English: ● Old ● Middle ● Early Modern ● Modern What stage of English do you think Shakespeare wrote in?

Old, Middle, Early Modern, or Modern? O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet. --William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, c.1594

The Language of Shakespeare’s Plays ● Early Modern English ● Poetic ● Figurative language ● Iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line) ● Syntax is often inverted (like Yoda speaks)

The Plays ● 38 plays (37 alone, 1 collaborated) ● Four genres: ● History ● Tragedy ● Comedy ● Romance

History Plays ● English kings ● Battles ● Embellished the truth ● 10 plays ● Henry V, King John, Richard III…

Tragedies ● End in death (a lot of it) ● Show a great man’s downfall ● Dark magic, insanity, ghosts, superstitions ● 10 plays ● Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet…

Comedies ● End with marriages ● Relationship problems ● Light magic/trickery ● Funny ● 13 plays ● Twelfth Night, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream…

Romance Plays ● NOT like romance novels! ● Like fairy tales ● Characters separate and reunite ● 5 plays ● Cymbeline, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, The Two Noble Kinsman

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Four Sets of Characters: ●Royalty ●4 humans (“the lovers”) ●Fairies ●Workmen ● (“the rude mechanicals”)

Settings The play is set in Athens, Greece ●Some in the city (Theseus’ palace) ●Mostly in the forest (fairies’ domain)

Issues raised in MND ● Are people in love completely sane? ●Is love “blind”? ●Can we be sure that we’re thinking for ourselves?

When you read or see work by William Shakespeare, what facts from this presentation are helpful to keep in mind?

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