PPT-The Grammar of Shakespeare

Shakespeare spoke Early Modern English Alls well that ends well As dead as a doornail Love is blind Vanish into thin air Pronouns Subject Object Possessive Early Modern Thou Thee. Greetings from me, The Bard, England’s greatest poet and storyteller. You thought I was just the greatest writer? I am also the rudest man in England!. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. By the end of this lesson: . The Poet. SHAKE-SPEARE’S SONNETS. Published in . 1609. . Thomas Thorpe was the publisher. Shakespeare did . not. give his approval. Thorpe was “cashing-in” on Shakespeare. Before attempting sonnets, Shakespeare wrote two . 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. 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.. Why do we study Shakespeare?. He is an amazing wordsmith. Many of the words and phrases we use today were coined by Shakespeare.. Look familiar?. barefaced . fancy-free. catch a . cold. . disgraceful conduct . Playtexts. and Performance Texts . Part 2.. Shakespeare’s Beginnings. Snug: Have you the lion’s part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me; for I am slow of study.. Quince: You may do it extempore*, for it is nothing but roaring. . 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?. Pericles. “Thy . food is . such. As . hath been . belch'd. on by infected lungs. .”. Or this one from King Lear (said by the King to his own daughter!). “Thou . art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted . 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