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9 TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

JOANNA MILES-BASTAJUNE 1, 2010

William Shakespeare

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Shakespeares Life

Born 1564, Died 1616

English poet & playwright

Widely regarded as the greatestwriter in the English language

The world's pre-eminent dramatist

Often called the "Bard of Avon

Surviving works consist of 38 plays154 sonnets, two long narrativepoems, and several other poems

His plays are performed more oftenthan those of any other playwright.

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Shakespeares Comedy Plays

"Comedy", in its Elizabethan usage, had a very different meaning from moderncomedy. A Shakespearean comedy is one that has a happy ending, and style

that is more light-hearted than Shakespeare's other plays.

Sir ohn Falstaffne of Shakespeares most

enduring comic characters

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Shakespeares Tragedy Plays

A Shakespearean tragedy is the polar opposite of a comedy; it

"...exemplifies the sense that human beings are inevitably doomedthrough their own failures or errors, or even the ironic action of their

virtues, or through the nature of fate, destiny, or the human condition tosuffer, fail, and die...." In other words, it is a drama with an unhappy

ending.

King LearOne of Shakespeares most tragic characters

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Shakespeares History Plays

The histories are those plays based on the lives of English kings. The source for most of thehistory plays is the well known H linshed'sChronicle of English History.

Shakespeare's history plays focus on only a small part of the characters' lives and frequentlyomit significant events for dramatic purposes

Richa d III is one of Shakespeares most famous history plays.

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Shakespeares Sonnets

Shakespea e'ssonnetsa e 154 poemsinsonnet fo m that dealwithsuch themesas thepassageof time, love ,beautyand

mo tality. Asonnet isa A 14-line ve se fo musuallyhavingoneofseve al conventional rhymeschemes.

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Breakdown of Works by Genre

Comedy Plays- 17

Tragedy Plays- 10

History Plays- 10

Sonnets- 154

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Examples of Each Play Genre

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Famous Speeches from Shakespeare

Hamlets To Be, or Not To Be Speech

Macbeths Is this a dagger I see before me? Speech

Richard IIIs Now is the winter of our discontent Speech

Juliets Romeo, Romeo, Where for art thou, Romeo?

Henry Vs St. Crispins Day SpeechThe Porters Speech fromMacbeth

Marc Antonys Eulogy from Julius Caesar

St. Crispins Day Speech

from Kenneth Branaughs

Henry V

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Credits

Websites referenced in this presentation include:

www.shakespeare-online.comabsoluteshakespeare.comwww.shakespeare.comwww.bardweb.netfrmarkdwhite.files.wordpress.com

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Self Assessment Question #1

Which of these plays is considered a history play?

a. Macbethb. As You Like It

c. King Leard. Henry V

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Self Assessment Question #2

In what genre did Shakespeare write most often?

a) Comedy playsb) Sonnets

c) Tragedy Playsd) History Plays

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Self Assessment Question #3

Which of these is one of Shakespeares most prominent comiccharacters?

a) The Porterb) Hamlet

c) Sir John Falstaffd) Richard III

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