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Boyhood in StratfordUpon-Avon
Born April 23, 1564 in StratfordUpon-Avon Parents John and Mary Arden Shakespeare Seven brothers and sisters Grammar School from age 7 to 13
Stratford-Upon-Avon
1582 at age 18 married Anne Hathaway 1583-1592 ??? 1592 (28 years old) went to London
actor
1592-1594 Plague
Shakespeare Prospers
shares in it
lost
Shakespeares Grave
heights and depths of passion could not learn aristocratic sports and manners lacked schooling
154 Sonnets, 60 songs Love, broken trust of friend, loss of love, forgiveness friend, dark lady, rival poet
First Period- Apprenticeship (Age 26-30) Second Period- Mastered his art!
Favorite
Romantic Comedy
Third Period- Problem of Evil in the World Forth Period- Creates a new drama form
Tragicomedy
Shakespeare as an Elizabethan
Queen Elizabeth reigned (1558-1603) Emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance Age was extravagant and brutal
elaborate,
manners language was growing fast middle class (stern, moral, and independent)
people, she represented beauty and greatness one of the most powerful countries in the world
After defeating the Spanish Armada, England became intensely interested in the past. (Patriotic) Historical plays thrived. Playwrights were practical men, bent on making a living Plays were written to be acted, not read. Once a playwright sold his manuscript, he had no personal right to it.
First reading =quick Second reading=more leisurely Plots=romantic, poetic, farfetched, imaginative, supernatural Characters=realistic, alive, three dimensional, powerful and eternally true
Round, wooden, roofless building Three galleries of seats Pit (no seats) cost a penny groundlings Main stage
40
Recessed inner stage (curtains and balcony) Music Room Heaven and a Hell
Open, free stage=quick changes, rapid action Encourages speechmaking, passionate soliloquies No women actors Only day time light= speeches about time, season and weather
(Macbeth=40
such speeches
Shakespeare as a Dramatist
Objective of Plays= give pleasure Fanciful, imaginative plays Audience= everyday people, uneducated, wanted to escape Wrote in verse=free use of words
Most quoted writer in the world diversity of speech from common men to philosophers Examples of his Poetry
Tragedies-Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello Comedies- The Tempest, As You Like It, The Winters Tale, The Merchants of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Nights Dream Histories- Henry IV, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII
Test of Greatness
Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery in San Marino, California British Museum in London,England Bodleian Library in Oxford, England
To be or not to be?
Wait a second!!!
Then thou canst not be false to any man Be quiet Will! Whats going on
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Tragedy
A serious play or drama typically dealing with the problems of a central character, leading to an unhappy or disastrous ending brought on, as in ancient drama, by a fate and a tragic flaw in this character, or in modern drama, usually by moral weakness, psychological maladjustment or social pressures.
Tragic Hero
A person of high rank who is brought to eventual ruin by a flaw in his/her character.
Example:
Macbeths tragic flaw is his ambition which leads him into a series of bloody and increasingly indefensible acts.
Comedy
of manners- depicts and satirizes the manners and customs of fashionable society. High comedy- appeals to and reflects the life and problems of the upper social classes, characterized by a witty, sardonic treatment. Low comedy- farce, slap stick,burlesque, horse play
Catharsis
The purging or purifying of the emotions or relieving of emotional tension, especially by art. (This concept was applied originally by Aristotle to the effects of tragic drama on the audience.)
Conflict
The struggle or interplay of forces, that takes place within the story. The main character may be in conflict with another person, value system, fate or with nature.
Plot
Plot movement:
Rising action
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