Introduction to Shakespeare Life and Times Class Collaborative
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lead a class discussion your topic.
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topic and fill out your graphic organizer with meaningful
information. 2.Create a 3-4 slide PowerPoint displaying your topic
and its important content. 3.Use quotes, statistics and/or images
to back up your information.
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Language of Shakespearean Times Introduction to
Shakespeare
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Is this language different from our own? How so? Thee and Thou
Shakespeare's complex sentence structures and use of now outdated
words lead many students to think they are reading Old or Middle
English. Shakespeare's works are actually written in Early Modern
English. Thou You When you is the subject of the sentence. Thee You
When you is the object of the sentence.
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Common Shakespearean words and Insults afeard (adj.) afraid,
frightened, scared anon (adv.) soon, shortly, presently What, you
egg! Young fry of treachery! Taken from: Macbeth A fool go with thy
soul, whither it goes! Taken from: Henry IV, part I O, [thou art]
as tedious as a tired horse, a railing wife, Worse than a smoky
house. Taken from: Henry IV, part I
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Did Everyone Talk like this? Were there different dialects for
different classes? Was language in the theater different from
street language? Yes. The lower class people were talked with much
more slang than people who were of higher class. Yes because
theatre language was more proper than street language. Street
language was much more slang.
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Did Shakespeare create his own words or phrases? Shakespeare
contributed over 3,000 words to the English language because he was
the first author to write them down. Of this number more than one
tenth or 1,700 were used for the first time. These are some
examples of words he introduced to the English language Addiction
Assassination
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COMEDY AND TRAGEDY IN SHAKESPEAR Abbey, Camron, and Albert
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What does Comedy mean in Shakespeare times? In Shakespeare
times comedy's where comedy's because they followed a certain plot
diagram that is shaped like a U and have no rules, they can be
anything. Comedy's have happy endings and usually have to do with
marriage of unmarried charters. They have a lighthearted feeling to
them. In Shakespeare times comedy's normal had a struggle between
young lovers and a problem is presented from a elder. They had
mistaken identity's,love, confusion, labyrinth plots, heighten
tensions with family's, multiple intertwining plots and lots of
puns.
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What did Tragedy mean in Shakespeare times? We all know that
tragedy has to do with sad times and losses but thats not all! In
some Shakespeare plays some common themes where a noble person
dyeing, a feeling of awe, good vs. evil, an error, both people who
are fighting die in a strange way, conflict, one persons emotions
cause death, struggles against supernatural events, good is
rewarded, and comic relief.
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Famous Comedy's? Here and some of the most well known
Shakespeare plays/storys All thats well ends well As you like it A
midsummers nights dream Twelfth night Measure for measure The Taine
of the shrew The merchant of Venice They are comedy's because they
follow the characteristics of Shakespeare's Comedy's. (will be
explained in following slides)
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Famous Tragedy's Here are some famous tragedy's, Julius Caesar-
is a tragedy because there is a guilt ridden tragedy, lots of fear,
and the characters are afraid of being killed. Romeo and Juliet-
because of the suicide deaths and the sad ending Macbeth- because a
man was consumed in greed, its sad, and shows what power can do to
a person.
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How can people relate to these story's? Social conformity:
Trying to be like someone. We can relate to this because everyone
wants to be popular at some point Political Transition: We can
relate because everyone wants to have a position of power at some
point in there life. Love: This is the most relatable because
everyone goes though love and loss
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How is Shakespeare Comedy and tragedy different from todays?
SHAKESPEARE TIMES Comedy was not comedy because it was funny, it
was comedy because it followed a U shaped plot and has no rules as
to what can happen. Tragedy had to do with things like a fatal flaw
(weakness leads to downfall) The bigger they are the hared they
fall ( Flaw of a nobleman, Wealthy downfalls are more triadic)
External pressure (Victim to external pressure)
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Continued MODERN TIME Comedy is comedy because it is funny
Different genres of comedy's Tragedy's are simple, low tolerance,
uncritical thinking, idealistic, spirited, and serous. Comedy's are
Complex, high tolerance, have critical thinking, and are
playful.
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Other facts Shakespeare wrote 10 tragedy's and 18 comedy's
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Shakespeare The Man
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Date and place of birth, and death Shakespeare was born in
April 26 th, 1564, at Stratford- upon-Avon. He died April 23 rd,
1616. Stratford-upon-Avon
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Major Achievements Shakespeare wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets and
2 narratives. He has his top 10 plays 1.Hamlet 2.Romeo and Juliet
3.Henry V 4.Midsummer Nights Dream 5.Macbeth 6.Richard III 7.Julius
Caesar 8.Twelfth Night or What You Will 9.The Taming Of The Shrew
10.Othello, The Moor Of Venice Hes also very proud of his
achievement of having 2 daughters, 1 son and a lovely wife.
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Education William Shakespeare went to school at King Edward VI
School, Strat-upon-Avon. He started school when he was 7, then he
ended at the age 14. He was given a free education, but there was
no specific records relating to him attending school.
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Work Facts Started as an actor and a playwright in 1592 By the
early 1590s, documents show Shakespeare was managing a partner in
the Lord Chamberlains Men, acting company in London In 1603 the
company changed its name to the Kings Men, which was already very
popular. Records also show that Shakespeare had works published and
sold as popular literature. He attracted the attnetion of Henry
Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, who he dedicated his first and
second published poems. By 1597, 15 of the 37 plays written by
Shakespeare were published. He spent of his time in the city and
came home once a year during the 40-ay Lenten period, when theatres
were closed.
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Overview of what made him Significant He Illuminated human
experience He wrote and published great stories, but preferred them
to be performed on stage He created compelling characters He had
the ability to turn a phrase
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Odd and Interesting facts Suicide occurs 13 times in
Shakespeares plays. It occurs in Romeo and Juliet when they commit
suicide, in Julius Caesar where both Brutus, Cassius, and Brutus
wife Portia die by stabbing. There are 157 million pages about
Shakespeare on Google, 132 million for God, 2.7 million for Elvis
Presley, and 14.7 million for George W. Bush He wrote quickly and
with ease; fellow playwright Ben Jonson said Whatsoever he penned,
he never blotted out a line.
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Process and ideas for play Process Shakespeares writing style
was to use a metical pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic
pentameter, called blank verse. Where he got his ideas? He borrowed
his ideas from writers born way before him
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Interesting facts about Shakespeare 1.He lived to 52 2.He had
seven siblings, Joan, Joan 11, Margret, Gilbert, Anne, Richard, and
Edmund 3.Shakespeare died a rich man 4.Shakespeares globe theatre
burnt down 29 June 1613
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Shakespeare in the twenty first century By Jacob and
tulsen
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Why do we still read Shakespeare We read Shakespeare to express
ideas and emotion to ask question that are likewise relevant
historically. Able to mange to eloquently unite centuries of human
evoltion.
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Can people still relate to his plays and poetry We still relate
by his character are human they have positive and negative sides
and have emotions and feelings. The large variety of themes and
characters that we can use. Really good use of the art of poetry.
Powerful use of languages he used strong description of characters,
background, and atmostphere.
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What countries In the world read Shakespeare in school. Canada,
United states of America, England, Italy, Greece, Germany, Denmark.
Why do they well because he is great writer and his poetry and
plays were so well written we can use them to teach the students in
high school and higher education courses.
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Why did Shakespeare stay so popular All of Shakespeare's plays
were about all the human emotions bundled into one play and people
can easily his plays to an emotion they are feeling that is
affecting them in a big way which makes the plays still enjoyable
to today.
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Why did Shakespeare become popular Shakespeare was very
talented in summarizing human emotion in a simple yet sophisticated
way. During his years he was a very remarkable story teller and
gave listeners a vivid image of his stories. His characters were
always good then turned out to be bad by the end of the play which
kept the watchers interested and on the edge of their seat
wondering what would happen
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Famous works Romeo and Juliet- story of forbidden love Hamlet-
a story of revenge Julius Caesar- a story of political maneuvering
Macbeth- a story of greed Midsummer nights dream- a story of
laughter
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Are Shakespeare plays still performed? Shakespeare's plays are
still performed around the world and many of his most famous plays
were all made into blockbuster movies. Romeo and Juliet has been
made in many forms, it was made as the serious version like how the
play was and as a kid show about lawn gnomes
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THE GLOBE THEATRE By: Angel and Sarah
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Who, What, Where, When, Why? WHO? The Globe Theatre was
constructed by Shakespeares playing company. Lord Chamberlains men
built it on the land owned by Thomas Brend. WHAT? Its a playhouse
where actors performed many plays. In fact, Shakespeare performed
many of his great plays in the Globe Theatre. WHERE? Maiden Lane
Southwark, London, England. WHEN? 1599 WHY? The Theatre, that had
been built by Richard Burbage's father. The Burbage's originally
had a 20 year lease of the site on which the Theatre was built.
When the lease ran out, they pulled apart The Theatre beam by beam
and transported it over the Thames to reconstruct it as The Globe
Theatre.
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WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE? The Globe Theatre was made out of the
timber taken from The Theatre. It had a hexagonal shaped structure
with an inner open courtyard about 55 feet across. The Globe
Theatre was three (3) stories high with a thatched roof. It had two
stages. The outer stage, was a rectangular platform projecting into
the courtyard from the back wall. The inner stage was the recess
between two projecting wings at the very back of the outer stage.
This stage was used by actors who were in a scene but not directly
involved in the immediate action of the play, and it was also used
when a scene took place in an inner room. The Globe Theatre also
had galleries on each floor.
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Performances And Actors Types of performances Histories
Comedies Tragedies Actors William Shakespeare Richard Burbadge John
Hemings Augustine Phillips William Kempt Thomas Pope George Bryan
Henry Condell William Slye Richard Cowly John Lowine John Rice
Samuell Crosse Alexander Cooke Samuel Gilburne Robert Armin William
Ostler Nathan Field John Underwood Nicholas Tooley William
Ecclestone Joseph Taylor Robert Benfield Robert Gouge Richard
Robinson John Schanke
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AUDIENCES How many people watches? 3000 people including
audience outside the theatre. What type of people watches? Men and
women attended plays but prosperous women would wear masks to
disguise themselves. To have comfortable and better seats for
viewing, people would have to pay more. So, wealthier people would
be able to sit in the galleries and people who couldnt pay a lot
would have to be outside or stand by the doors. How much did it
cost? It usually would cost around 15 to 30 Euros.
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INTERESTING FACTS It only took 6 months to build. The Globe
Theatre was also used for gambling and immoral purposes. No women
were allowed and hired to work as actors. The Globe Theatre was
closed for a bit due to the Bubonic Plague. The Globe Theatre was
burned down on June 29, 1613. There was a cannon fire during a
performance of Henry VIII which ignited a fire that burned the
Globe Theatre to the ground.