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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare. His Life, London, Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s Birth/Early Life. Baptized 4/26/1564 No official B-day Stratford-Upon-Avon One of eight children Working class family Attended local grammar school; no university Married Anne Hathaway in 1582.

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William Shakespeare

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  1. William Shakespeare His Life, London, Romeo and Juliet

  2. Shakespeare’s Birth/Early Life • Baptized 4/26/1564 • No official B-day • Stratford-Upon-Avon • One of eight children • Working class family • Attended local grammar school; no university • Married Anne Hathaway in 1582

  3. Married & Professional Life • Susanna born in 1583 • Twins Hamnet and Judith born in 1585 • 1585-92 “Lost Years” • 1590-1592 his first plays are performed • Henry VI, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors

  4. Shakespeare: Actor and Playwright • Theaters close in 1593 because of the plague. • 1594 he becomes a shareholder in Lord Chamberlain’s Men • 1599 construction of the Globe Theater • Groundlings, Theater setup

  5. Rulers of England 1558-1603 Queen Elizabeth I

  6. King of England 1603-1625 King James I

  7. In The Reign of King James I • Lord Chamberlain’s Men becomes The King’s Men • Plays concerning the power of court • Retires by 1612 to Stratford-Upon-Avon • Life during retirement is unknown

  8. The Death of Shakespeare • Died on April 23, 1616 • Wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and two narrative poems • First Folio published in 1623; most plays • Today--$25,000 per week in royalties just on Othello alone

  9. Information about Romeo and Juliet • Approximate 1st performance date: 1594-95 • Not printed until 1597 • Direct source for Shakespeare’s R&J is Arthur Brooke’s Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1562) • Based on a prose piece from Pierre Boistuau (1559) • Based on a version from an Italian Bandello (1554) • Based on a version from Luigi da Porto (1525) • Based on a version from Masuccio Salernitano (1476)

  10. Romeo and Juliet is filled with language games • Paradox: Statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals the truth • Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms are combined to produce an epigrammatic (a neat, witty, often paradoxical remark)effect • Rhyming Tricks • Verbal Echoings • Puns: Play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings. • Try to catch these “games” Shakespeare plays

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