William Skakespeare

his birth:

1564

sonnets

1593 and 1601,

By 1592, he was established enough in London to be the target of a public, written attack by a seemingly jealous playwright, Robert Greene.

By 1594, Shakespeare was both an actor and playwright with the company known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men

Venus and Adonis

June 1592, and April 1594

Love's Labour's Lost

early comdey

Mary Arden

mother

Hamnet

son

Shakespeare attended the well esteemed local grammar school and there learned Latin and some Greek and read the works of Latin playwrights.

At eighteen, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, who was seven or eight years older than he. Their first child, Susanna, was born in 1583. Two years later, twins Hamnet and Judith were born. Hamnet died in childhood.

The Elizabethan meaning of rash was quick . To do something rashly was to do it quickly. A rash poison was a quick (strong) one. What does rash mean today? Be sure to look at all the definitions of the word.

Meaning of Rash today - displaying or proceeding from a lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action, an eruption on the body, or a large number of instances in a short period.

Write your own definition of comedy. Then, look the word up in the dictionary. What is the difference between your definition of comedy and the dictionary's treatment of the term, especially as applied to Shakespeare's plays?

My definition of comedy: Something or someone that is light- hearted and/or funny.Actual definition of comedy: professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.Difference between definitions: I think my definition is more of a generalization, where the actual definition is coming from more of the comedic profession, which essentially is what Skakespeare was doing for a while, he was in the comedic playwright profession.

King's Men

company under James I

King Lear

early 17th century tragedy

Richard II

history plays

Henry VIII

last play

Shakespeare's father died in 1601, the same year in which Hamlet was written.

mother died in 1607.

his death:

1616

In Hamlet , Shakespeare uses the word clepe. Look that word up in a dictionary and write its meanings. Tell whether or not it is in use today.

Definition: to call; name or address (a person)I don't think it's used to this day, but I've not been all over the world, there might be a region that still uses this word to this day.

Write your own definition of tragedy. Do not look up the word; give your own meaning.

My definition of tragedy: A moment that was unexpected that brought you much sorrow and suffering.

Measure for Measure

dark comedy

Susanna

daughter

Shakespeare's history, or chronicle plays were about the past kings of England—Henry IV, V, and VI; Richard II and III and King John—and were written in the last decade of the sixteenth century when patriotic interest in the past was high.

he period of Shakespeare's tragedies began with Julius Caesar, written at the turn of the century. The first decade of the seventeenth century saw the full flourish of his great tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear. Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. Among Shakespeare's major tragedies with which you may be familiar, Romeo and Juliet was written earlier in 1596.

New Place

house purchased in 1597

Shakespeare wrote ___sonnets. 67 154 329

154

the year he was married:

1582

the year in which he probably left Stratford for the first time to begin life in London:

1585

Shakespeare wrote two long poems between June 1592 and April ______________when the theaters were closed because of _____________ 1593 1601 1594 1592 repairs the plague a power shortage .

1594, the plague

In__________ , Shakespeare wrote his earliest tragedy called _______________ 1596 1592 1613 1594 Julius Caesar Romeo and Juliet Macbeth .

1596. Romeo and Juliet

Scholars agree that Shakespeare wrote a total of _______________ plays. 38 154 67

38

The three broad categories for his plays are comedies, histories, and tragedies.

Comedies appear throughout his career. The earlier comedies, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream and Love's Labours Lost, are light-hearted and filled with elaborate word play. The later comedies, such as All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure, are known as his "dark comedies."

What language were many of the Elizabethans' new words were borrowed from? Greek and German French and Latin Greek and Latin French and German

Greek and Latin

William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616.

His wife Ann died on August 6, 1623.

Susanna was married in 1607 and Judith in 1616.

In 1611, Shakespeare permanently retired to Stratford, though he continued to visit London. On March 25, 1616, he wrote his will.

The last few of Shakespeare's plays, probably written at Stratford, are sometimes described as comedies but possess qualities of both tragedy and comedy. They are lighthearted and yet serious, imaginatively fanciful and yet thoughtfully symbolic. These plays include Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest.

Shakespeare's last play was a history play, Henry VIII published in 1613. Scholars generally considered it an inferior work, and there is some doubt that he wrote it.

John Dryden, a seventeenth-century English poet, dramatist, and critic, said this of Shakespeare: He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still [always] present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too.

To make the reader feel is the highest goal of the creative writer

What did Caxton's introduction of the printing press help to standardize? spelling grammar vocabulary all of the above none of the above

all

The Winter's Tale

mix of comic and tragic

Look up bard in the dictionary. What is the meaning you believe is intended when Shakespeare is called the Bard of Avon. playwright actor poet

poet

His birth date is not known but is assumed to be April 23

son of John Shakespeare, a glove-maker and tradesman, and Mary Arden

Anne Hathaway

wife