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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Theatre The Globe Tragic Theory Tragic Hero. MEET “BILL”. Born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon 1571 – formal education 1582 – Married Anne Hathaway (he was 18, she was 26!) 1583 – Susanna 1585-1592 – Shakespeare started his career in theater

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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  1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Theatre The Globe Tragic Theory Tragic Hero

  2. MEET “BILL” • Born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon • 1571 – formal education • 1582 – Married Anne Hathaway (he was 18, she was 26!) • 1583 – Susanna • 1585-1592 – Shakespeare started his career in theater • 1585 – Judith and Hamnet

  3. MEET “BILL” • 1592– Theaters in London close • 1596 – Hamnet Dies (11) • 1597 – Shakespeare buys New Place, one of Stratford’s preeminent homes. • 1599 – The Globe theater opens/Julius Caesar is performed at the globe theater for the first known time on September 21st.

  4. MEET “BILL” • 1600-1601 – Hamlet • 1603 – A Midsummer’s Night Dream/As You Like It • 1605 – The Merchant of Venice • 1613 – The Globe Theater burns • 1614 – The Globe Theater reopens • 1616 – Shakespeare dies on April 23 (his birthday)

  5. MEET “BILL” • Wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 3 narrative poems • Works show deep understanding of human nature; Universal Themes!

  6. “SHAKSPEAREAN LANGUAGE” • “Apple of her eye” • “Dead as a door nail” • “Eating me out of house and home” • “For goodness’ sake” • “Knock, Knock, who’s there? • “Too much of a good thing” • “To thine own self be true”

  7. PUBLIC THEATER • Roofless, no artificial light • No scenery, setting was indicated by dialogue • Used elaborate clothing • Actors were all men & boys • Imagine in Merchant of Venice when Portia disguises herself as a young man…

  8. PUBLIC THEATER • Globe theatre was all wood (burned in 1644) • Had 3 levels, stage extended into the pit • Dropped money into a box (“Box Office”) • Flag raised would indicate the type of play • Black was a tragedy • White was a comedy • Red was a history

  9. THE GLOBE

  10. THE GLOBE

  11. THE GLOBE

  12. TRAGEDY • Is presented in the form of action NOT narrative • Concerns the fall of a man’s character which is good and believable; of high degree • The fall is a caused by an error or flaw in character • It arouses emotions of pity and terror

  13. TRAGIC HERO • Has a supreme pride, gives him unique power and dignity • Sense of commitment • Capacity for suffering • Vigorous protest • Story leads up to the death of the hero

  14. “The conflict reaches its tragic issue when the individual perishes, but through his ruin the disturbed order of the world is restored and moral forces reassert their sway.”

  15. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…”As You Like it

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