ShakespeareShakespeare

1564 - 1616

Famous English Poet and Play Wright

Composed 37 plays and 154 sonnets

Married Anne Hathaway and had 3 children

Childhood Childhood

Father : glover / alderman

Mother : Daughter of Wealthy Landowning Farmer

Learn Latin grammer and classics in school

Married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18

Birth place is still standing today .

WorksWorks

Inspired nature

Interested in birds

Famous classic writers inspired him ( Ovid , Seneca … )

PlaysPlays

Famous plays include “ Hamlet , merchant of Venice ...”

Respected poet and writer in his days

But was not that respectable until the 19th

Highly popular today , being studied , performed and reinterpreted

England during England during ShakespeareShakespeare

16th century

Peaceful

Flourishing

Foundations of England economic domination later was laid

Events and monarchy Events and monarchy

Queen Elizabeth I

King James I – ruled England and Scotland at the same time

Design of union Flag

Treaty of London brings Anglo-Spanish War (since 1585 ) to end

TheatresTheatres

Women could not act , acting was a honorable job

Que-acting (receive their lines during the play )

Globe theater – range of seating options

Shakespeare playsShakespeare plays

Make use of

Rhythm – make play less boring

Alliteration , repetition , rhyme, assonance

Onomaetopia – produce sound artificially no electricity

RenaissanceRenaissance

Cultural revolution

Golden age

Famous art works , discoveries , music piece

Renaissance man- could do many things well ( Leonardo Da Vinci )

Did Renaissance affect Did Renaissance affect Shakespeare works ?Shakespeare works ?

Medieval and Renaissance were reflected in his work

Medieval – fate was predetermined

Renaissance – people could determine own fate

Macbeth – Medieval thinking

Othello – Renaissance thinking

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