PPT-An Introduction William Shakespeare

Translate the following clichés All that glitters is not gold Love is blind Tower of Strength Flesh and blood In my minds eye Fair play Mums the word Vanish into thin air Dead as a doornail. 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 . Romeo & Juliet. Ms. Forsyth and Mr. Bernstein. Honors English 9. Bear Creek High School. This presentation will…. inform you about the life and work of the mysterious William Shakespeare.. provide you details about Elizabethan society and theater.. 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. 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. . Background Information on William Shakespeare . William . Shakspeare. Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. . His father was a successful glove maker, and he was raised in a comfortable, middle class home. . He lived about 450 years ago.. He wrote at least 37 plays and more than 150 poems.. He invented 100s of words like cold-blooded, quarrelsome, and love letter.. What he’s done. …. . We know more about Shakespeare than any other playwright of his time, except Ben Jonson (though not many records were kept in the 1500s). Most of what we know is collected from legal and church documents.. 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. English 12. William Shakespeare. The most influential writer in all of English literature.. Born on April 23, 1564 (?) in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He was baptized on April 26, 1564.. 1564-1616. 1592 first evidence of arrival on London theatrical scene. 1594 forms . Lord Chamberlain’s. men. 1603 renamed the . King’s Men. Composition of . Tempest. around 1610-1611 . Circa 1611 London career ends. 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.. Translate the following clichés.. All that glitters is not gold. Love is blind. Tower of Strength. Flesh and blood. In my mind’s eye. Fair play. Mum’s the word. Vanish into thin air. Dead as a doornail. 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 Tragedy of Julius Caesar. English II Pre-AP. Unit 7. I. William Shakespeare. Birth and Early Life. April 23, 1564. Stratford-upon-Avon. Parents: John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. Young Adulthood. 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