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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
ALL ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
He was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on the 26th of April 1564, so he was probably born on the
23rd of April, 1564
In 1584, he left Stratford and went to
London
There, we was received into one of the
active companies
, but he soon distinguished himself as an excellent writer
in 1593, due to the plague, he had to find
private patrons
He found it in the young
Earl of Southampton
, to which he dedicated many of his poems
When theatres reopened, he became the shareholder and main playwright of the
Lord Chamberlain's Men
In 1599, his company built the
Globe Theatre
He wrote about 37 plays for the theatre and over 150 poems
Between
1590 and 1596
, he wrote
historical
plays; between
1593 and 1600
, he wrote
comedies
; between
1595 and 1605
, he wrote many of the great
tragedies
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ALL ABOUT SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS
Shakespeare's sonnets were written in the
1590s
, but were only published in
1609
We know not if Shakespeare's sonnets express his
personal feelings
In fact, it is theorized that Shakespeare seems to play with the reader to thwart any attempt at mapping the relationship between the poet and the two mysterious figures the sonnets are addressed to:
the Fair Youth and the Dark Lady
In
154 sonnets
, Shakespeare plays with the conventions of Elizabethan love poetry
He modifies the
structure
of the sonnet, and he created
new metaphors
It is also significant that one of the lovers is male, providing a complex
exploration of gender and sexuality
that challenges conventions
THE LOVERS
The Fair Youth
: Sonnets I to CXXVII are devoted to a young man. They explore the
themes
of beauty and its decay; competition with a rival poet; the destructive power of time; etc. From sonnets I to XVIII, the poet tries to convince the young man to marry and preserve his virtues
The Dark Lady
: Sonnets CXXVII to CLIV focus on a woman who is irresistibly attractive
THE ELIZABETHAN THEATRE
Elizabethan theatre took inspiration from both
medieval theatre
and
classical models
The
influences
of medieval theatre were:
Scenes of caricature and realistic comedy
Mix of comedy and tragedy
Man's place inside an ordered universe
Changeability of fortune and the influence of the stars
The medieval heritage was combined with a renewed sense of interest in
classical works
promoted by the Renaissance and Humanism, so the Elizabethan theatre
drew inspiration from
:
The Italian "commedia dell'arte"
The works of Niccolò Machiavelli
The Greek Theatre, and Latin poet Seneca's division of plays into five acts
THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
The Renaissance a
cultural and artistic movement
that started in Italy in the
14th century
Humanism
was the major intellectual movement of this period, that believed the study and imitation of Ancient Greek and Roman ideals and culture would bring about a
cultural rebirth
Under Humanism, Man was regarded as a "
microcosm
", and his capacity for self-improvement and self-analysis became subject of study
The English Renaissance spanned
from 1509 to 1660
English writers acquired confidence with their language, and this, combined with
classical training
from their grammar schools, allowed them to create unforgettable
works of drama and poetry
This can be seen particularly in the works of Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spencer, and especially
William Shakespeare
THE CHAIN OF BEING
The Elizabethan view of the world was based on the idea of the
"Great Chain of Being"
The chain stretched from God to inanimate objects, and every part of creation was a
link in the chain
First, there was the
inanimate class
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