Transcript of William Shakespeare By Natale Finn. About William William was the son of an alderman. Was born in...
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- William Shakespeare By Natale Finn
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- About William William was the son of an alderman. Was born in
1564 in Stratford-on-Avon near Birmingham.
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- His father became Mayor of Stratford. Young William benefited
from an education. He went to Stratford Grammar School.
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- At eighteen he married Anne Hathaway She was the daughter of a
wealthy local landlord. They had three children. Their names were
Susanna, Hamnet and Judith.
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- He moved to London in 1592 to become an actor He became member
of the Lord Chamberlins Company of Players He soon stopped acting
in stories and plays an started writing them The theatre associated
with Shakespeare's plays was the Globe
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- The globe was in circular shape. Wealthy people watched from
the galleries under a thatched roof The poor people stood below in
the open air and watched the stage above them.
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- The globe was destroyed a few years before his death It was
when a cannon fired during one of his performances which
accidentally set the roof on fire Because the rest of it was made
from timber it was all burned within an hour An American film
director spent years reconstructing the Globe
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- Most of his plays were based stories he had heard or read
Because of the Renaissance he was interested in ancient Greek and
Rome He looked at the works of the ancient Roman historian Plutarch
and got ideas such as : i. Julius Caesar ii. Anthony and
Cleopatra
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- Some other plays were based on English history like : i. Henry
3 ii. Richard 3 Many ideas for his plays came from Renaissance
Italy such as : i. Romeo and Juliet ii. The Merchant of Venice
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- His greatest plays were his tragedies His greatest tragedies
were based on stories from ancient Greece The four greatest were i.
Hamlet ii. Othello iii. King Lear iv. Macbeth
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- The tragedies were based on men who were destroyed by i. Their
own weakness ii. Bad luck iii. And the actions of others
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- He also wrote poetry but mostly sonnets His 154 sonnets were 14
line poems dealing with the issues a) Love b) Poetry c) death
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- Shakespeare died in 1616 but he became one of the most
remembered and famous writers of the Renaissance
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- SHOKING NEWS! SHAKESPEARE... DEAD!