william shakespeare 1564-1616 king lear. personal details 1564 - born 1582 - married anne hathaway...
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William Shakespeare1564-1616
King Lear
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Personal Details
1564 - Born
1582 - Married Anne Hathaway
1592 – Career had begun
1599 – Shakespeare and friends build The
Globe
1603 – 1610 – Bubonic Plague
1616 - Died
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WHY DO WE READ
SHAKESPEARE?
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WHY DO WE READ SHAKESPEARE?
Reason #1:
GREATEST WRITER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!
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WHY DO WE READ SHAKESPEARE?
Reason #2:
HE WROTE 37 OF THE MOST POPULAR PLAYS IN THE
HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
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King LearShakespeare's original version has been
regarded as one of his supreme achievements.
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The Globe Theatre
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The Globe Theatre
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The Globe Theatre
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WHY DO WE READ SHAKESPEARE?
Reason #3:
HE WROTE 154 SONNETS
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WHY DO WE READ SHAKESPEARE?
Side note:
What is a sonnet?
• 14 lines
• rhyme scheme
• iambic pentameter
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The Sonnetiambic pentameter
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks
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The Sonnet
154 sonnets of 14 lines of iambic pentameter
= 2, 156 lines of iambic pentameter
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WHY DO WE READ SHAKESPEARE?
REASON #4
Because he thought and felt like we do today.
All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,
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WHY DO WE READ SHAKESPEARE’S KING LEAR?
Reason #5: KING LEAR HAS BEEN ON THE LIST OF TITLES FOR PROMPT THREE OF THE AP LIT TEST 17 TIMES SINCE 1975.
What years?
77, 78, 82, 88, 89, 90, 96, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 10, 11, 12, 14