PPT-Understanding Shakespeare

Who Was Shakespeare amp Why are His Works Significant The World in which Shakespeare Was Born Before you really study Shakespeares life and plays you need to understand the context of the historical time period in which he lived. EQ: How can I understand Shakespeare & apply it to my life?. Shakespeare, alias the Bard. EQ: How can I apply Shakespeare to today’s . world or the world of early America?. Times. Elizabethan Age (era of peace after 100 Years War with France & the War of Roses, a civil war in England) . . . Time & money for the . 1564-1616. The “be-all and end-all” of dramatists. CLICK ON SPEAKER TO HEAR SOUND. CHILDHOOD. Born in . Stratford-upon-Avon. Son of a glove-maker. Grammar school education. (6am-6pm) boys studied Latin:Cicero,Virgil,Ovid, and Seneca. lived. 1564- 1616. Shakespeare . wrote. . about. love, . comedy. and drama. . He. . also. . wrote. . sonnets. and . worked. as an . actor. . . William Shakespeare. Av: Anna, Felicia, Rebecka & Elin, 8D. story. 1564 - 1616. Who was Shakespeare?. William Shakespeare was a poet, actor and playwright.. One of the world’s greatest playwrights of all time.. Writing in England during the late 1500’s and early 1600’s during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. . Queen Elizabeth I - born September 7, 1533 in . Greenwich. Died March 24, 1603 in Richmond, Surrey. Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn . (. beheaded by Henry for not bearing a son). Coronated. xlix-lii. THE TEXTS OF SHAKESPEARE. So far as we know, only a few pages of a play in Shakespeare’s hand exists, a fragment from a play called . Sir Thomas More. We do have printed texts that have survived as either quartos or folios. the Digital Humanities Projects. of Moscow University for the Humanities. RESEARCH DATABASE “RUSSIAN SHAKESPEARE”. www.rus-shake.ru. Russian translations. Criticism. Shakespeare in original oeuvre. A comic logo of Shakespeare to celebrate the 450th anniversary of . Shakespeare's birthday in Shakespeare 450 conference, held by the Société Française . Shakespeare in Paris, 21-27 April 2014.. Shakespeare in Global/Local Contexts. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Mr. William Shakespeare. Born April 23, 1564– died April 23, 1616. Baptismal name: Johanna Shakespeare. Eldest son and third child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.. . appreciate that Shakespeare’s plays can be performed and interpreted in different ways, . remaining relevant in the 21. st. century.. OBJECTIVES:. What do you know about Shakespeare?. . What did he do?. 1. William Shakespeare is generally regarded as the world’s greatest writer in the English Language because of his brilliant . poetic language . and his keen insight into . human nature..  . 2. Shakespeare was born in . The “be-all and end-all” of dramatists. CLICK ON SPEAKER TO HEAR SOUND. CHILDHOOD. Born in . Stratford-upon-Avon. Son of a glove-maker. Grammar school education. (6am-6pm) boys studied Latin:Cicero,Virgil,Ovid, and Seneca. „The . ultimate. . source. of . the. . Hamlet . story is . Saxo. . Grammaticus. ’ . Historica. Danica . (1180-1208), . the. . saga. of . one. . Amlothi. . or. (. as. . Saxo. . calls. . UNIT BACKGROUND Historical and Cultural Background Reemergence of Classical Learning and Striving for a National Language A concentrated wave of intellectual and creative energy swept through Italy a