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William Shakespeare &Douglas Adams

William Shakespeare

Great writer of the 1500’s Wrote many very entertaining plays Was an actor and poet as well He mainly wrote sonnets as his poetry His writing inspired many people and

films Is perhaps one of the greatest writers

of his and our time

Early life

Shakespeare was born on April, 26 1564 He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK His father was like the mayor of the city Shakespeare was sent to school as a boy There he learned how to speak, write and

read Latin He did not attend university He married Anne Hathaway when he was

18

Achievements

Shakespeare wrote many plays There are four main genres :1. Comedies2. Romances3. Tragedies4. History Plays

Plays

Comedies & Romances Both poke fun at

human emotion, while only romances has aspects of tragedies

1. Twelfth Night2. A Midsummer's Night

Dream 3. Romeo and Juliet4. The Tempest

Tragedies & Histories Histories tell stories

of kings of past times

Tragedies document flawed heroes and end in death

1. Hamlet2. Othello3. Richard II4. Henry VIII

Douglas Adams

Great writer of the 20th century Was also a script editor and a

comedian Started a website(http://h2g2.com) His writings also inspired movies

Born in Cambridge , England While he was still in school, he decided

to hitch hike across Europe He soon decided to go into the

comedian business

Early Life

Novels

1. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy2. The Restaurant at the End of The

Universe3. Life, the Universe, and Everything4. So long, and thanks for all the fish5. Mostly harmless 6. The long, mysterious tea time of

darkness7. The salmon of doubt

Television career

Doctor who1. The Pirate planet2. City of death Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Compare/contrast

Similarities Both writers Both very famous Both had writings

that inspired movies Both wrote

comedies

Differences Douglas Adams

wrote science fiction

Douglas Adams was a script editor

Shakespeare was a writer of tragedies

Shakespeare was a script writer