A PRESENTATION MADE BY

GROUP 3
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LITERARY TEXT

LIFE
ELEMENTS
LESSONS
 WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (/EKSPR/; [1] 26 APRIL 1564 (BAPTISED) 23 APRIL 1616) WAS AN
ENGLISH POET, PLAYWRIGHT, AND ACTOR, WIDELY REGARDED AS THE GREATEST WRITER IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND THE WORLD'S PRE-EMINENT DRAMATIST HE IS OFTEN CALLED ENGLAND'S NATIONAL
POET, AND THE "BARD OF AVON". HIS EXTANT WORKS, INCLUDING COLLABORATIONS, CONSIST OF
APPROXIMATELY 38 PLAYS, 154 SONNETS, TWO LONG NARRATIVE POEMS, AND A FEW OTHER VERSES,
SOME OF UNCERTAIN AUTHORSHIP. HIS PLAYS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO EVERY MAJOR LIVING
LANGUAGE AND ARE PERFORMED MORE OFTEN THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER PLAYWRIGHT.
 SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, WARWICKSHIRE. AT THE
AGE OF 18, HE MARRIED ANNE HATHAWAY, WITH WHOM HE HAD THREE CHILDREN: SUSANNA, AND
TWINS HAMNET AND JUDITH. SOMETIME BETWEEN 1585 AND 1592, HE BEGAN A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN
LONDON AS AN ACTOR, WRITER, AND PART-OWNER OF A PLAYING COMPANY CALLED THE LORD
CHAMBERLAIN'S MEN, LATER KNOWN AS THE KING'S MEN. HE APPEARS TO HAVE RETIRED TO STRATFORD
AROUND 1613, AT AGE 49, WHERE HE DIED THREE YEARS LATER. FEW RECORDS OF SHAKESPEARE'S
PRIVATE LIFE SURVIVE, WHICH HAS STIMULATED CONSIDERABLE SPECULATION ABOUT SUCH MATTERS
AS HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, SEXUALITY, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND WHETHER THE WORKS ATTRIBUTED
TO HIM WRITTEN BY OTHERS.
 SHAKESPEARE PRODUCED MOST OF HIS KNOWN WORK
BETWEEN 1589 AND 1613. HIS EARLY PLAYS WERE
PRIMARILY COMEDIESAND HISTORIES, WHICH ARE REGARDED AS
SOME OF THE BEST WORK EVER PRODUCED IN THESE GENRES. HE
THEN WROTE MAINLY TRAGEDIES UNTIL ABOUT 1608,
INCLUDING HAMLET, OTHELLO , KING LEAR, AND MACBETH,
CONSIDERED SOME OF THE FINEST WORKS IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE. IN HIS LAST PHASE, HE WROTE TRAGICOMEDIES, ALSO
KNOWN AS ROMANCES, AND COLLABORATED WITH OTHER
PLAYWRIGHTS.
 Many of his plays were published in editions of
varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623,
however, John Heminges and Henry Condell, two friends
and fellow actors of Shakespeare, published a more
definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous
collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but
two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's. It was
prefaced with a poem by Ben Jonson, in which
Shakespeare is hailed, presciently, as "not of an age, but
for all time".
 ONE OF HIS
WORKS THAT
REALLY MADE A
FUSS UNTIL THIS
CENTURY WAS..
ROMEO AND JULIET
FULL TITLE: THE MOST EXCELLENT AND
LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET
AUTHOR: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
GENRE: TRAGIC DRAMA
TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN: LONDON, MID-1590S
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 1597
CHARACTERS
 ROMEO
THE HERO AND ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS OF
ROMEO AND JULIET. THE SON OF OLD MONTAGUE, HE IS
AT FIRST IN LOVE WITH LORD CAPULETS NIECE,
ROSALINE. WHEN HE GOES TO A FEAST GIVEN BY
CAPULET, HE ATTENDS THE FEAST IN A MASK, MEETS
CAPULETS DAUGHTER JULIET, FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER,
AND BECOMES PASSIONATE AND IMPULSIVE.
 JULIET
JULIET CAPULET IS A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH ROMEO MONTAGUE. SHE HAS A
STRONG WILL AND A REBELLIOUS STREAK - SHE KNOWS
WHAT SHE WANTS. DEFINED BY A SHREWD INTELLIGENCE
AND PRONOUNCED AGENCY, JULIET IS IN MANY WAYS A
MORE MASCULINE CHARACTER THAN ROMEO IS, EVEN IF
THE PATRIARCHY OF HER FAMILY LIMITS HER POWER. HER
FINAL DECISION TO KILL HERSELF SPEAKS TO HER
PRONOUNCED FOCUS AND COMMITMENT.
 SECONDARY CHARACTERS:
* Friar Lawrence * Peter * Benvolio
* Mercutio * Rosaline * Paris
* The Nurse * The Apothecary * Prince Escalus
* Tybalt * Abram * Lady Montague
* Capulet * Friar John * Montague
* Lady Capulet * Balthasar * Sampson & Gregory
ROSALINE - THE WOMAN WITH WHOM ROMEO
IS INFATUATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAY.
ROSALINE NEVER APPEARS ONSTAGE, BUT IT IS
SAID BY OTHER CHARACTERS THAT SHE IS VERY
BEAUTIFUL AND HAS SWORN TO LIVE A LIFE OF
CHASTITY.
FRIAR LAWRENCE - A FRANCISCAN FRIAR, FRIEND
TO BOTH ROMEO AND JULIET. KIND, CIVIC-MINDED, A
PROPONENT OF MODERATION, AND ALWAYS READY
WITH A PLAN, FRIAR LAWRENCE SECRETLY MARRIES THE
IMPASSIONED LOVERS IN HOPES THAT THE UNION
MIGHT EVENTUALLY BRING PEACE TO VERONA. AS WELL
AS BEING A CATHOLIC HOLY MAN, FRIAR LAWRENCE IS
ALSO AN EXPERT IN THE USE OF SEEMINGLY MYSTICAL
POTIONS AND HERBS.
PARIS - A KINSMAN OF THE PRINCE, AND THE
SUITOR OF JULIET MOST PREFERRED BY CAPULET.
ONCE CAPULET HAS PROMISED HIM HE CAN MARRY
JULIET, HE BEHAVES VERY PRESUMPTUOUS TOWARD
HER, ACTING AS IF THEY ARE ALREADY MARRIED.
FRIAR JOHN - A FRANCISCAN FRIAR CHARGED BY
FRIAR LAWRENCE WITH TAKING THE NEWS OF JULIETS
FALSE DEATH TO ROMEO IN MANTUA. FRIAR JOHN IS
HELD UP IN A QUARANTINED HOUSE, AND THE MESSAGE
NEVER REACHES ROMEO.
 SETTING:
THE PLAY IS SET IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY IN ITALY IN
VERONA AND MANTUA. MUCH OF THE ACTION TAKES PLACE IN
JULIETS HOUSE. TWO CITIES OF VENICE ARE ALSO MENTIONED
IN THE PLAY. THE CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES, THE MAIN
FAMILIES OF THE PLAY, ARE FROM NOBLE LINEAGE AND
WEALTH; THEY DRESS WELL, LIVE IN FANCY SURROUNDINGS,
AND ARE SERVED BY MANY ATTENDANTS. THE PLAYS BASIC
SETTING, THEREFORE, IS RICH AND ELEGANT.
 THEME:
THE FORCEFULNESS OF LOVE;
LOVE AS A CAUSE OF VIOLENCE;
THE INDIVIDUAL VERSUS SOCIETY;
THE INEVITABILITY OF FATE
 CONFLICT:
FORBIDDEN LOVE
THE FAMILY OF ROMEO AND JULIET ARE NOT IN
EQUAL TERMS.
SYNOPSIS
 ROMEO AND JULIET FALL IN LOVE AT A PARTY. BUT
THEY COME FROM FAMILIES WHICH HATE EACH
OTHER. THEY ARE SURE THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
TO MARRY. NEVERTHELESS, HELPED BY FRIAR
LAURENCE
 THEY MARRY IN SECRET. UNFORTUNATELY,
BEFORE THEIR WEDDING NIGHT, ROMEO
KILLED JULIETS COUSIN IN A DUEL, AND IN
THE MORNING HE IS FORCED TO LEAVE HER.
IF HE EVER RETURNS TO THE CITY, HE WILL
BE PUT TO DEATH.
 JULIETS PARENTS TOLD HER SHE MUST MARRY
PARIS. HER PARENTS DO NOT KNOW SHE IS
ALREADY MARRIED. SHE REFUSES IN THE
BEGINNING, BUT LATER AGREES BECAUSE SHE
PLANS TO FAKE HER DEATH AND ESCAPE TO BE
WITH ROMEO FOREVER; AGAIN WITH THE HELP OF
FRIAR LAURENCE.
 FRIAR LAURENCE DESIGNS THE PLAN. HE GIVES JULIET A
SLEEPING POTION. SHE APPEARS TO BE DEAD AND WAS PUT
IN A TOMB. HOWEVER, ROMEO DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT THE
PLAN, VISITS HER GRAVE, THINKS SHE IS DEAD, AND KILLS
HIMSELF. WHEN JULIET FINALLY WAKES UP, SHE DISCOVERS
THAT ROMEO IS DEAD AND THEN KILLS HERSELF.
 EXPOSITION
WHEN ROMEO MET JULIET AT A PARTY WHILE HE
WAS TRYING TO SEARCH FOR ROSALINE.
 RISING ACTION
ROMEO AND JULIET KNEW THAT THEY WERE NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING EACH OTHERS DUE TO
THEIR FAMILIES.
 CLIMAX
THE DEATHS OF ROMEO AND JULIET IN THE CAPULET
TOMB.
 FALLING ACTION
WHEN THE PRINCE AND THE PARENTS DISCOVER THE
BODIES OF ROMEO AND JULIET
 DENOUEMENT
WHEN THEY KNEW OF THE COUPLE'S DEATH, THE
MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS RECONCILED, LETTING
GO OF THEIR GRUDGES.
5 LESSONS OF LOVE IN
SHAKESPEARES
ROMEO & JULIET
1) LOVE IS BLIND.
2) LOVE BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN US.
3) LIFE WITHOUT LOVE IS NOT WORTH LIVING
4) LOVE STORIES DONT ALWAYS END HAPPILY.
5) BUT IN THE END, LOVE IS STILL STRONGER THAN
HATE.
 THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING!!!
MADE BY:
JOHN PAUL ESPLANA
FREEDA MAE ALAMO
EDWARD JOSEPH FAJARDO
GRADE 12
CLARENCE LLANETA
MICHELLE LANZUELA
GAS-BLOCK 5
JEAN LIEZL DE LOS REYES
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