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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564 - 1616 --> Stratford Upon Avon) (WORKS &…
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
(1564 - 1616 --> Stratford Upon Avon)
LIFE
• His father was a
tradesman
•
classical studies
at a local
grammar
school
• married with
Anne Hathaway
and had a baby when he was 18 and she was 26
• in
1584
: moved to London
• started to work with important
acting companies
• in
1593
:
plague
--> no work
• his mentor and sponsor during this time was the
Earl of Southampton
• theaters reopened and he became the main
playwright
for the most important companies
• in
1599
:
The Globe Theatre
was built
WORKS & THEMES
1593 - 1600:
COMEDIES
for example:
A Midsummer Nights' dream
THEMES
• love
• disguise
• mistaken identity
• misunderstandings
• marriage / multiple marriages
• passage from virginity to marriage
1595 - 1605:
TRAGEDIES
for example:
Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Otello
THEMES
• evil
• death
• betrayal
• revenge
• suffering
1590-1596:
HISTORICAL DRAMAS
for example:
Richard III
THEMES
• corruption
• historical situation (the Tudors' chronicles)
• they were the portrait of a nation
1609:
SONNETS
• 154 sonnets in decasyllables, not in a chronological order
• some were addressed to the Earl of Southampton
• some were addressed to a "dark lady" or "black woman"
ROMEO AND JULIET
• setting:
Verona
• main characters:
the
Montagues
and the
Capulets
• divided in
5 acts
SECOND ACT
• the relationship between Romeo & Juliet grows
• secret marriage in the chapel of Friar Laurence
FIRST ACT
• it opens in Verona
• dialogues about love
• the main characters
(Romeo Montague & Juliet Capulet) are presented
THIRD ACT
• Mercutio (Romeo's friend) is killed by Tybalt (Juliet's cousin)
• Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished from Verona
• wedding night at the Capulet's house
FOURT ACT
• to avoid the marriage organised by his father with another man, Juliet takes a drug which makes her seem dead
• Romeo thinks she's dead and comes back to Verona
FIFTH ACT
• Romeo poisons himself after he sees Juliet
•Juliet wakes up, sees Romeo dead and stabs herself to death
THEMES
• young love
• revenge
• hate
• bad communication
• unawareness
• reflection about language
• fate