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slide1. Adapted from http://www.public.asu.edu/~muckerrm/English_321_S2005/Introduction.ppt William Shakespeare 1564-1616
Part I<br>
slide2. Early Life Born 1564—died 1616
Lived in Stratford-upon-Avon
Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare
Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner
John—glovemaker, local politician
3rd child of 8 children<br>
slide3. Early Life<br>
slide4. As reproduced in William Rolfe, Shakespeare the Boy (1896). Stratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s Time<br>
slide5. From Stratford’s web site: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/index.htm Stratford-upon-Avon Today<br>
slide6. From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ Shakespeare’s Birthplace<br>
slide7. Probably attended King’s New School in Stratford
Received excellent education with heavy focus on grammar and literature
Educated in:
Rhetoric
Logic
History
Latin Education<br>
slide8. From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ King’s New School<br>
slide9. Married at the age of 18 in 1582 to Anne Hathaway (she was 26), who was pregnant at the time with their first daughter
First child was a daughter, Susanna - born in 1583
Had twins Hamnet and Judith born in 1585 - Hamnet dies at age 11 Married Life<br>
slide10. From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ Anne Hathaway’s Cottage<br>
slide11. Moved to London around 1591 and became an actor
Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men
Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor
Burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays Theatre Career<br>
slide12. Works of Literature Along with acting, he also wrote some of the most renowned and studied literature written in the English language
Poems - famous for his sonnets (he wrote approximately 154 Sonnets)
Plays - Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories<br>
slide13. The Plays 37 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare
14 comedies
11 histories
12 tragedies
Collaborated on several others
His vocabulary was HUGE-somewhere between 17,000 and 34,000 words!
The estimated vocabulary of an educated person today is around 15,000 words<br>
slide14. Comedies More Known Comedies
Twelfth Night
Merchant of Venice
Midsummer Night's Dream
Taming of the Shrew
Much Ado about Nothing
All’s Well That Ends Well
Tempest Less Known Comedies
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
Merry Wives of Windsor
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter's Tale<br>
slide15. Tragedies More Known Tragedies
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
King Lear Lesser Known Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida<br>
slide16. Histories Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part II Henry VIII
King John
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III<br>
slide17. Shakespeare's Language Shakespeare did NOT write in “Old English.”
Old English is the language of Beowulf:
Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum
Þeodcyninga Þrym gefrunon
Hu ða æÞelingas ellen fremedon!
(Hey! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes, how noble princes showed great courage!)<br>
slide18. Shakespeare's Language Shakespeare did not write in “Middle English.”
Middle English is the language of Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory:
We redeth oft and findeth y-write—
And this clerkes wele it wite—
Layes that ben in harping
Ben y-founde of ferli thing… (Sir Orfeo)<br>
slide19. Shakespeare's Language Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”
EME was not very different from “Modern English,”<br>
slide20. Shakespeare's Language A mix of old and very new
Rural and urban words/images
Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble<br>
slide21. Works of Literature He had an amazing influence on our English language<br>
slide22. Recognize these phrases? I couldn’t sleep a wink.
He was dead as a doornail.
She’s a tower of strength.
They hoodwinked us.
We’d better lie low for awhile.
I am constant as the Northern Star.
It’s all Greek to me.<br>
slide23. The Later Years Returned to Stratford around 1610 where he lived as a country gentleman
Wealthy-Owned one of the largest homes in town
Died in Stratford in 1616 at the age of 52. His death was a mystery. It is rumored that he drank too much and contracted a fever or that he died from a cerebral hemorrhage.<br>
Part I<br>
slide2. Early Life Born 1564—died 1616
Lived in Stratford-upon-Avon
Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare
Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner
John—glovemaker, local politician
3rd child of 8 children<br>
slide3. Early Life<br>
slide4. As reproduced in William Rolfe, Shakespeare the Boy (1896). Stratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s Time<br>
slide5. From Stratford’s web site: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/index.htm Stratford-upon-Avon Today<br>
slide6. From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ Shakespeare’s Birthplace<br>
slide7. Probably attended King’s New School in Stratford
Received excellent education with heavy focus on grammar and literature
Educated in:
Rhetoric
Logic
History
Latin Education<br>
slide8. From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ King’s New School<br>
slide9. Married at the age of 18 in 1582 to Anne Hathaway (she was 26), who was pregnant at the time with their first daughter
First child was a daughter, Susanna - born in 1583
Had twins Hamnet and Judith born in 1585 - Hamnet dies at age 11 Married Life<br>
slide10. From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ Anne Hathaway’s Cottage<br>
slide11. Moved to London around 1591 and became an actor
Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men
Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor
Burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays Theatre Career<br>
slide12. Works of Literature Along with acting, he also wrote some of the most renowned and studied literature written in the English language
Poems - famous for his sonnets (he wrote approximately 154 Sonnets)
Plays - Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories<br>
slide13. The Plays 37 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare
14 comedies
11 histories
12 tragedies
Collaborated on several others
His vocabulary was HUGE-somewhere between 17,000 and 34,000 words!
The estimated vocabulary of an educated person today is around 15,000 words<br>
slide14. Comedies More Known Comedies
Twelfth Night
Merchant of Venice
Midsummer Night's Dream
Taming of the Shrew
Much Ado about Nothing
All’s Well That Ends Well
Tempest Less Known Comedies
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
Merry Wives of Windsor
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter's Tale<br>
slide15. Tragedies More Known Tragedies
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
King Lear Lesser Known Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida<br>
slide16. Histories Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part II Henry VIII
King John
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III<br>
slide17. Shakespeare's Language Shakespeare did NOT write in “Old English.”
Old English is the language of Beowulf:
Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum
Þeodcyninga Þrym gefrunon
Hu ða æÞelingas ellen fremedon!
(Hey! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes, how noble princes showed great courage!)<br>
slide18. Shakespeare's Language Shakespeare did not write in “Middle English.”
Middle English is the language of Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory:
We redeth oft and findeth y-write—
And this clerkes wele it wite—
Layes that ben in harping
Ben y-founde of ferli thing… (Sir Orfeo)<br>
slide19. Shakespeare's Language Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”
EME was not very different from “Modern English,”<br>
slide20. Shakespeare's Language A mix of old and very new
Rural and urban words/images
Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble<br>
slide21. Works of Literature He had an amazing influence on our English language<br>
slide22. Recognize these phrases? I couldn’t sleep a wink.
He was dead as a doornail.
She’s a tower of strength.
They hoodwinked us.
We’d better lie low for awhile.
I am constant as the Northern Star.
It’s all Greek to me.<br>
slide23. The Later Years Returned to Stratford around 1610 where he lived as a country gentleman
Wealthy-Owned one of the largest homes in town
Died in Stratford in 1616 at the age of 52. His death was a mystery. It is rumored that he drank too much and contracted a fever or that he died from a cerebral hemorrhage.<br>