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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare. April 11, 2013. Background. 1563-1616 Stratford-on-Avon, England wrote 37 plays about 154 sonnets started out as an actor. Background Cont. Actor for Lord Chamberlain’s Men (London theater co.) Also > principal playwright for them

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William Shakespeare

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  1. William Shakespeare April 11, 2013

  2. Background • 1563-1616 • Stratford-on-Avon, England • wrote 37 plays • about 154 sonnets • started out as an actor

  3. Background Cont • Actor for Lord Chamberlain’s Men (London theater co.) • Also > principal playwright for them • 1599> Lord Ch. Co. built Globe Theater where most of Sh. Play’s were performed

  4. The Globe • Plays produced for the general public • Roofless>open air • No artificial lighting • Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleries

  5. The Audience • Wealthy got benches • “Groundlings”>poorer people stood and watched from the courtyard (“pit”) • All but wealthy were uneducated/illiterate • Much more interaction than today

  6. Globe Staging • Stage>platform that extended into the pit • Dressing & storage rooms in galleries behind & above stage • second-level gallery> upper stage> famous balcony scene in R & J • Trap door>ghosts • “Heavens”> angelic beings

  7. Difference from Today • No scenery • Settings > references in dialogue • Elaborate costumes • Plenty of props • Fast-paced, colorful>2 hours!

  8. Elizabethan Actors • Only men and boys • Young boys whose voices had not changed play women’s roles • Would have been considered indecent for a woman to appear on stage

  9. Shakespeare Wrote • Comedies • Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest • Histories • Richard III, Julius Caesar • Tragedies • Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear

  10. Romeo and Juliet • Most of the play written in blank verse • Iambic Pentameter: • iambic (unstressed, stressed) • pentameter( 5 “feet” to a line) • ends up to be 10 syllable lines

  11. Verse vs. Prose • Lower Socio-economic characters spoke in prose • ROMEO AND JULIET speak in sonnets! • 14 Line poems ending in a rhyming couplet!

  12. Literary Terms • Allusion • Antagonist • Aside • Characterization : Indirect and Direct • Conflict • Dialogue • Drama • Foil

  13. Lit Terms Cont • Foreshadowing • Free (Blank) Verse • Iambic Pentameter • Imagery • Irony: Dramatic, Verbal, and Situational • Metaphor • Extended Metaphor

  14. Lit Terms Cont • Mood • Monologue • Personification • PLOT • Prologue • Protagonist • Pun • Simile and Extended Simile

  15. Lit Terms Cont • Soliloquy • Shakespearian Sonnet • Symbol (Symbolism) • Theme • Tone • Tragedy • Hero • Flaw

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