1. Shakespeare’s Works
Task 2

2. William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays
Shakespeare also wrote poetry

3. Shakespearean(Elizabethan) Sonnet Example
Shakespearean(Elizabethan) Sonnet Example.. (Shakespeare wrote 157 sonnets!!)
A sonnet- a type of sonnet much used by Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st. S
o long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

4. Shakespeare’s Works (Part 1)…
Some Histories…
King John
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV, Part 1 and 2
Some Comedies…
All’s Well that Ends Well
As You Like it
Measure for Measure
The Taming of the Shrew

5. Shakespeare’s Works (Part 2)
Tragedies..
Hamlet
King Lear
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Julius Caesar
Problem plays (tragiccomedies)
All’s Well that Ends Well
Measure for Measure

6. Comedies v. Tragedies
A Shakespearean comedy has at least one humorous character, and a successful or happy ending. In a Shakespearean tragedy, one or more characters has a moral flaw that leads to his/her downfall.

7. Some Elements of Shakespearean Tragedies
Tragic hero- A character who suffers due to some flaw in their character or due to their inevitable fate.
The struggle between good and evil
Hamartia- Greek word for “sin” or “error”; The hero or heroine in the text has some flaw in their character
External and internal conflicts
Comic Relief

8. Tragedy
Can you think of a film where a main character has a tragic flaw that leads to his/her downfall?

9. Shakespeare’s Works
Why do you think Shakespeare’s play/poems are still so popular today?

10. Extension Activity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0gTWRUfO4
“Romeo and Juliet in Popular Culture” on Youtube
Watch the video and answer the questions on your handout