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Shakespeare and Stuff

Shakespeare and Stuff. Information on Shakespeare, his life, and his plays. Biographical Info . 1564-1616 Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England Wrote tragedies, histories, and comedies Wrote 38 plays and appx. 154 sonnets Began as an actor Writes in Modern English. Romeo and Juliet.

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Shakespeare and Stuff

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  1. Shakespeare and Stuff Information on Shakespeare, his life, and his plays.

  2. Biographical Info • 1564-1616 • Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England • Wrote tragedies, histories, and comedies • Wrote 38 plays and appx. 154 sonnets • Began as an actor • Writes in Modern English

  3. Romeo and Juliet • Written about 1595 • Tragedy • West Side Story • High class characters speak in iambic pentameter • Low class characters speak in prose • Awesome play

  4. Interesting Facts • Opening scenes could promise supernatural beings, a party, or a fight • Humpty Dumpty=tragedy • Food at play-meats, fruits, nuts, biscuits

  5. The Theater • Public plays • Roofless- open air • No artificial lighting • Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleries

  6. Audience • Rich-benches • “Groundlings” or “droolers” or “stinkards”- pit • Uneducated

  7. Theater • Stage-platform that extended into the pit • Dressing & storage rooms in galleries behind & above stage • Second-level gallery-upper stage • Trap door-ghosts • “Heavens”- angelic beings

  8. Pictures!

  9. The Play • No scenery • Settings - references in dialogue • Elaborate costumes • Plenty of props • Fast-paced, colorful • Crowd interaction

  10. Actors • Only men and boys • Young boys whose voices had not changed play women’s roles • Would have been considered indecent for a woman to appear on stage

  11. Conflict • The struggle that develops • man vs. man • man vs. himself • man vs. society • man vs. nature

  12. Tragedy • Drama where the central character/s suffer disaster/great misfortune • In many tragedies, downfall results from: • Fate • Character flaw/Fatal flaw • Combination of the two

  13. Characters • Static-stays the same • Round-multi-faceted • Flat-one-dimensional • Dynamic-change • Dramatic foil-shows off another

  14. Tools Used • Monologue-1 person speaking on stage • Soliloquy- long speech, alone, thoughts • Aside-softly spoken, private • Direct address-characters addressing: “fair coz” • Pun-humorous language

  15. Comic Relief • Comedy within literature that is NOT comedy

  16. Irony • Dramatic- contradiction between what character thinks and what audience knows • Situational- event occurs that contradicts expectations • Verbal- words to express opposite

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