La holiday task 1 shakespeare powerpoint

Language Arts Holiday Task 1 Shakespeare

By : Eric Seow (8)Class: 2P1

English poet and playwrightGreatest writer in EnglandWorld’s pre-eminent

dramatist

Shakespeare’s Life

Interesting Facts: Nobody knows Shakespeare’s actual birthdayShakespeare never published any of his playsShakespeare’s family were all illiterate


William Arden, a relative of Shakespeare's mother Mary Arden, was arrested for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I, imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed

His Education Loved to write. One day, a famous actor found all

of his plays and stories that he had written, so he decided to become a writer.


Most probably educated at King’s New School in Stratford. Received intensive education in Latin grammar and the classics

Inspired by

1. Birds

2. Great writers Geoffrey Chaucer

Plutarch


Plays were extremely dramatic, which led to his success

Drama was the ideal means to capture the diverse interests of his time


Elizabethan England, ruled by Queen Elizabeth IWriters were deeply influenced by Italian sonnetsMusic was still in the Renaissance period

England In Shakespeare’s Time

List of Significant Historical Events Crowning of Queen Elizabeth (1558) Putting to death of Mary Queen of Scots (1587)

The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) The Essex Rebellion (1601)


The people in power had a heavy impact on Shakespeare’s works

Queen Elizabeth, a great patron of arts, aided Shakespeare by quashing Puritans, who wanted to shut down theatres, and changing the dominant language in England from Latin to English, leading to Shakespeare writing most of his plays in English


People in England during that time had a strong sense of social class, classified according to wealth, occupation and ancestry

Social classes determined many factors, from what a person could wear, what he could do, and even what jobs his children could take on.


Social ClassesThe Nobility; rich and powerful 55 rich families, led by a duke, baron or earl


The Gentry; most important social class

5% of the population, knights, squires, and gentlemen who did not work with their hands

Social ClassesThe Yeomanry; middle-class people Could survive comfortably, but could also be

wrecked by disease or misfortune Yeomen farmers, tradesmen and craft workers

The Poor


The sick, disabled, old and feeble and wounded soldiers

Due to enclosure

Theatres English Renaissance Theatre,

also known as Elizabethan Theatre

Globe Theatre, where most of his plays were held in the mid afternoon

No lighting Weather permitting


Open-air theatres during that era compelled actors to shout out their lines, stress their enunciation, engage in exaggerated theatrical gestures

Despite costumes and props being utilized, changes in scenes were not made during curtain closings, as there were no curtains or stagehands

These changes were made during speeches and narrative situations


The Renaissance

A cultural movement from the 14th to the 17th Century in art and literature

Marked the transition from the medieval era to modern era

Significant events and changesThe Black Death Reduced the population of Europe by over 50%1st Printing press in the world was inventedColumbus almost discovers AmericaGrenada, the last Moslem presence in Spain, falls

The Renaissance

The upheaval in the accepted social hierarchy allowed Shakespeare to explore the humanity of every character regardless of social position

Even the high-ranking monarchs were given human emotions and were capable of making mistakes

After the Renaissance, Shakespeare was able to utilize Greek and Roman classics when writing his plays

The Renaissance

The End