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William Shakespeare 1564-1616 (MODERNITY (BLANK VERSE/LANGUAGE AND ITS…
William Shakespeare 1564-1616
He lives during the Golden Age and the kingdom of Queen Elizabeth when the theatre is so important. It becomes more flexible because it no longer needs to respect the classical Aristotle's rules of unity of action, time and place. It mixes classical and popular features. The most important dramatists are Thomas Kyd (The Spanish Tragedy), Christopher Marlowe (Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine the Great, The Jew of Malta) and Shakespeare.
His life
education
father (social class)
Techniques (their aim, examples)
monologue and soliloquy
dialogue
aside
stage directions
London
the Globe and other theatres (who/when/where/how)
the plague
theatres now and then
PLAYWRIGHT
HISTORIAN
EXAMPLES OF PLAYS (2 PERIODS)
FEATURE OF HIS HISTORICAL PLAYS
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
TRAGIC PLAYWRIGHT
DEATH
POLITICAL POWER/PROBLEMS OF THE POWERFUL
COMEDIAN
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
MARITAL AND ROMANTIC MISUNDERSTANDING
FRUSTRATED LOVE
DISGUISE
JOURNEY OF YOUNG WOMEN TO ADULTHOOD
POET
LANGUAGE GENIUS
ACTOR
MODERNITY
BLANK VERSE/LANGUAGE AND ITS DRAMATIC EFFECT
REAL PEOPLE
PSYCOLOGY OF HUMAN SOUL
FUNNY/TRAGICAL
ILLUSION/REALITY (Midsummer Night's Dream)
4 PERIODS