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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616 (POET (1592-1595 he wrote a collection of…
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
1564-1616
POET
1592-1595
he wrote a collection of
154
Sonnets
Style
: iambic pentameter (3 quatrains and a couplet)
Two main addressees:
Fair Youth
(1-127) and
Dark Lady
( 128-154)
Main Themes
Love
Beauty
Brevity
of Man's Life
I
mmortality
Power of Poetry
to overcome
Death
LIFE
He was born in
Stratford upon Avon
on April 23rd
1564
.
He went to the local
Grammar
school
In
1582
he married
Anne Hathaway
,
who was eight years older than him.
1592:
he was active as a
playwright
in London
1599
: Shakespeare's Company opened the
Globe
April 23rd
1616
he died
DRAMATIST
Shakespeare's plays can be divided as follows:
Comedies
They deal with Mistaken Identities and marriage and have a happy ending
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
Roman Plays
They deal with Roman History; they show exemplary characters and analyse power
Julius Cesar (1599)
Tragedies
They deal with the tragic destiny of mankind, focus on human foolishness
Macbeth (1606)
History Plays
They deal with English History and show a portrait of Medieval and Modern England
Richard III ( 1593 )
Romances
They contain Magic and Supernatural Elements, deal with the contrast between Virtues and Vices
The Tempest ( 1611)
Problem Plays
They deal with dark and pessimistic themes, focus on the workings of the mind of the characters
Hamlet ( 1601)