1 / 17

William Shakespeare 1564-1616

William Shakespeare 1564-1616. Popular Entertainer. No cinema, no television, no football Wealthy people hired musicians, actors, dancers and fencers Everyone else had to find entertainment: In London, it was Theater Today: Go to a movie, then a bar or nightclub

elisa
Download Presentation

William Shakespeare 1564-1616

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. William Shakespeare 1564-1616

  2. Popular Entertainer • No cinema, no television, no football • Wealthy people hired musicians, actors, dancers and fencers • Everyone else had to find entertainment: In London, it was Theater Today: Go to a movie, then a bar or nightclub Then: Go to a play, then a tavern

  3. Shakespeare’s Works • Sonnets (poems) • 14 lines • iambic pentameter • abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme • Plays • Histories • Tragedies • Comedies

  4. Blank verse – iambic pentameter • “These times of woe afford no time to woo.” -- Paris

  5. Names of a few of His Plays • Julius Caesar • Macbeth • Hamlet • A Midsummer Night’s Dream • King Lear • Othello • The Tempest

  6. The Theater in Shakespeare’s Time • “The Theatre”—the first permanent theater in England • 1599, The Theatre was torn down • From many of the timbers of “The Theatre,” Shakespeare and his company built the Globe Theatre

  7. The Wooden “O” • The Globe Theatre was a large, round (or polygonal) building • Three stories high • Large platform stage • Curtained-off inner stage • Small balcony or upper stage • Trap doors

  8. Plays were performed in the afternoon • Stage was open to the sky • Very few sets, very little scenery • The stage was “set” by the language • Costumes were often elaborate • Female parts played by young men or boys • Groundlings stood at the foot of the stage

  9. Terms • Blank verse—poetry that is written in iambic pentameter but does not rhyme • Motif—a small, recurring theme; repeated patterns of images. (stars, seasons, fate, feud, etc.)

  10. Foil—any character who by contrast emphasizes the distinctive qualities of another

  11. Romeo and Juliet

  12. Romeo & Juliet • Shakespeare took the plot from a poem entitled “The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet” by Arthur Brooke • Takes place in Verona, Italy • Takes place in the 1500’s

  13. Themes in R & J • Themes are based on: • Youth and old age • Public and private • Love and hate • Fate or destiny • Love • The dual nature of all creation

  14. The End

More Related