Welcome English I! 12/11/12

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Welcome English I! 12/11/12

• Please take out your Homework
• Run-on/Fragment Practice
• Set up a page in your notebook/binder for CORNELL
  NOTES (Two Columns)
• Main Ideas /// Details Examples

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William Shakespeare
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Shakespeares Life

• Born April 23, 1564 in Stratford England
• He died on his 52nd birthdayApril 23, 1616

To the right you can see a map of the world. The
bubble shows you where England is located and
what it looks like.
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Shakespeares Life Continued

• He married in November, 1582 to Anne Hathaway.
• Shakespeare was 18 and Anne was 26 and pregnant
  at the time they married.
• He had three children (Susanna, and twins Hamnet
  and Judith).
• His son, Hamnet, died as a young child.

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Shakespeares Life Continued

• Wrote 37 plays (about 1.5 plays a year since he
  started in 1589 at age 25).
• He also wrote about 154 sonnets (a specific type
  of poem).
• He started out as an actor. He acted in his plays
  and those of others.

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The Globe Theatre

• The Globe was built in 1599.
• It Burned down in 1613.
• It was Roofless/open air.
• There was no artificial lighting.
• The Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of
  galleries.

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The Globe Theatre
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Rebuilt Globe Theatre in London
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The Spectators

• The wealthy sat on benches in the balconies
• Groundlings (poor people) stood and watched from
  the pit (courtyard)
• Groundlings would sometimes throw food at the
  actors
• All but the wealthy were uneducated/illiterate

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Wealthy Spectators
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Groundlings/Peasants
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The Plays

• Plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare
• 14 comedies Ending in marriage
• Midsummer Nights Dream, Merchant of Venice,
  Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Much Ado about
  Nothing
• 10 histories Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV
• 10 tragedies Ending in death
• Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello
• 4 romances Combination of tragedy and comedy
• --Pericles, Cymbeline, Winters Tale, the
  Tempest

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The Actors

• Only men and boys
• Young boys whose voices had not changed played
  womens roles
• It would have been indecent for a woman to appear
  on stage

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The Poetry

• Two major poems
• Venus and Adonis
• Rape of Lucrece
• 154 Sonnets
• Numerous other poems
• Poetry usually dedicated to a patron

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Shakespeares Language

• Shakespeare spoke and wrote his plays in Early
  Modern English.
• The language we speak today is called Modern
  English.

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EXIT SUMMARY

• Underneath your 2-column notes, please write a
  summary of the most important information about
  Shakespeares life and accomplishments.
• (You will be able to use these notes/summary on
  your QUIZ TOMORROW)