1. EnglandEngland's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" William Shakespeare national poetBardAvon Englandnational poetBardAvon 1564 – 1616 1564 – 16161564161615641616

2. Early life 1564 ： born in Stratford-upon-Avon 1564 ： born in Stratford-upon-Avon 1582 ： married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway 1582 ： married the 26-year-old Anne HathawayAnne HathawayAnne Hathaway

3. Shakespeare's lost years 1585 -1592 1585 -1592 fled the town for London to escape prosecution for deer poaching fled the town for London to escape prosecution for deer poaching started his theatrical career minding the horses of theatre patrons in London started his theatrical career minding the horses of theatre patrons in London

4. London and theatrical career 1592-1605 1592-1605 1592 ： plays were on the London stage 1592 ： plays were on the London stage 1596 ： only son, Hamnet died of unknown causes 1596 ： only son, Hamnet died of unknown causes 1598 ： a selling point 1598 ： a selling point

5. Later years and death 1606-1616 1606-1616 wrote fewer plays, and none wrote fewer plays, and none are attributed to him after 1613 are attributed to him after 1613 buried in the chancel of the buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church Holy Trinity ChurchHoly Trinity ChurchHoly Trinity Church

6. Plays four periods four periods Until the mid-1590s ： comedies and history plays Until the mid-1590s ： comedies and history plays 1595-1599 ： greatest comedies and histories 1595-1599 ： greatest comedies and histories 1600-1608 ： tragic period 1600-1608 ： tragic period 1608-1613 ： tragicomedies called romances 1608-1613 ： tragicomedies called romances

7. Famous comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing The Tempest The Tempest

8. Famous tragedies Hamlet Hamlet Othello Othello King Lear King Lear Macbeth Macbeth

9. Poems Sonnets ： the last of Shakespeare's non- dramatic works to be printed Sonnets ： the last of Shakespeare's non- dramatic works to be printed a profound meditation on the nature of love, sexual passion, procreation, death, and time a profound meditation on the nature of love, sexual passion, procreation, death, and time "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate... “ Sonnet 18

10. Influence a lasting impression on later theatre and literature a lasting impression on later theatre and literature expanded the dramatic potential of characterisation, plot, language, and genre expanded the dramatic potential of characterisation, plot, language, and genre characterisationplotlanguage genre characterisationplotlanguage genre influenced novelists such as Thomas Hardy, William Faulkner and Charles Dickens influenced novelists such as Thomas Hardy, William Faulkner and Charles DickensThomas HardyWilliam FaulknerCharles DickensThomas HardyWilliam FaulknerCharles Dickens shape modern English shape modern English

11. Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! ~ ~Ben JonsonBen Jonson

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