PPT-Shakespeare’s Speech Craft

The Skinhead Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4 Enter Horatio Hamlet and G host Ghost Oi Mush get on with it Hamlet Who did it then Ghost That wanker Claudius He poured fucking . Shakespeare . the Writer. Above all, Shakespeare considered himself a poet.. At one period when the theatres were closed from 1593-4, under his patron the Earl of Southampton, he published two lengthy narrative poems . 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 . M. odern . S. tage. . Cesare. . Ripa. , . Iconologia. , ‘. Ragion. di . Stato. ’. Queen Elizabeth I. The Rainbow Portrait. . Isaac Oliver, ca. 1600. Virgil’s . Aeneid. , ‘The House of Fame’. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke humor.. An extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally. . Example of Hyperbole. Why . C. hoose This Speech?. -. Hamlet enjoys this speech so much because it reminded him of the revenge he was trying to seek for his . father. -. Hamlet is testing the First Player's ability to strike emotion in the soul of an observer and . Comic relief. : . the inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. .. Foil: . In . fiction, a . foil. is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. 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. Exploring thesis statements and storytelling.. Todays Overview. Exploring Thesis Statements. Clues to Great Storytelling. Objective: . You will have a clear sense of developing a thesis statement. You will begin to understand the role storytelling plays in speaking. 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. Warm Up:. Shakespeare’s Language. Singular Pronouns. Thou - Subject: "Thou art my brother.". Thee - Object: "Come, let me clutch thee.". Thy - Possessive Adjective: "What is thy name?". Thine. - Possessive Noun: "To . 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. A crash-course in linguistic syntax and word function. Word Geography: Nouns. located after . adjectives. ,. but before a . verb. . . To expand your thinking; nouns…. a. re often found after . determinants . The Skinhead Hamlet. Act 1, Scene 4. Enter Horatio, Hamlet and . G. host.. Ghost: . Oi. ! Mush, get on with it!. Hamlet: Who did it then?. Ghost: That wanker Claudius. He poured . . fucking. . A pun is a word that is used in an unconventional, often humorous way, so as to suggest multiple . meanings. Though . the use of puns is not generally considered a dramatic technique, Shakespeare does use such word play .