2. William Shakespeare 1564-1616 First folio cover Funerary Monumenet Shakespeare

3. Early Years Born April 23, 1564 (date is disputed) baptized on April 26 Name- Sarpere,Shakespear ( 5 spellings) No defined grammar rules Father- Mayor, Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford –upon-Avon Shakespeare’s birth place

4. Education From 6-13 Shakespeare received a classical education centered on: –Religion-Bible –Greek mythology –Rhetoric-how to use words –Memorization –Favorite subject was history

5. Move to London By 1592 we know Shakespeare had written a play –Greene in 1594 called Shakespeare an upstart crow in a review. –Marlowe-29 died –1594- the Puritans shut down the theaters because of plague.

6. Shakespeare Sonnets 1592-1594 Shakespeare wrote for: –Count of Southampton –Duty to royalty –Affection for a friend –Love poems to “Dark Lady” –Pain of losing the one you love –Anger-rejection by a friend –Break away form count Henry Wriothesley- 3 rd Earl of South Hampton

7. Sonnet 18 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 dimm'd; And every fair from fair some time declines, By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; 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: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

8. Plays From 1594-1611 Shakespeare wrote the famed plays. He was master of : –Histories- Julius Caesar –Romance-Comedies- Taming of the Shrew –Tragedies- Hamlet, MacBeth Taming of the Shrew Julius Caesar Banqo-MacBeth

9. What made him a Genius? Simple themes- Universal Themes Imaginative language- Diction, Imagery Humor Sensitivity- he was a master psychologist Mater historian, tragedian, and comedian

10. Words Shakespeare Coined Cool Assassination Bachelorship (bachelorhood) Eyeball Generous Majestic Puppy-dog