Widely regarded as the greatest writer in English literature

How could 1 person write all that in a lifetime?

Built 1598; opened 1599 Burned down in 1613 from a cannon blast during a play Rebuilt and opened in 1614 Closed by Puritans in 1624 torn down in 1644.

Only men and boys Young boys whose voices had not changed play women’s roles Considered indecent for a woman to appear on stage

Wealthy got benches “Groundlings”-poorer people stood and watched from the courtyard (“pit”)

2 pennies to sit in the balcony Broadway Today: 1 English penny to stand 2 pennies to sit in the balcony Broadway Today: $85 Orchestra $60 Balcony

Monologues, dialogues, asides, soliloquies, all used in Elizabethan drama

Shakespeare used it in many plays unrhymed verse in iambic pentameter (more on this later)

Humorous use of a word with two meanings, often sexual innuendo Shakespeare loved to use them!!!

Use of comedy within literature that is NOT a comedy to provide “relief” from seriousness or sadness.

Shakespearean Comedy A greater influence of situation than characters A struggle of young lovers to overcome difficulty, often presented by elders Separation and re-unification Deception among characters (especially mistaken identity) A clever servant Disputes between characters, often within a family Multiple, intertwining plots Puns/dry humor Pastoral elements– rural life Happy endings

Comedy All’s Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Twelfth Night The Winter’s Tale

A drama that tells the story of the fall of a person of high status. A serious work that tells the story of a tragic hero in the face of inevitable doom. A tragic flaw is a personal weakness that brings about the fall of a character in a tragedy.

character flaw OR A combination of the two Drama where the central character suffers great misfortune due to: fate character flaw OR A combination of the two

Tragedy Richard III Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar Hamlet Othello Timon of Athens King Lear Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra

Reflection Describe your experience with Shakespeare last year. Do you find his writing easy/hard? Do you like/dislike? Any other information you would like to share? Etc. List 3 new things you learned about Shakespeare from this PowerPoint.