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14. What I read, when and why I read it

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14. What I read, when and why I read it

1) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:

William Shakespeare is probably the greatest dramatist of England. He lived and worked in the 16th century, in the period of the Renaissance. The Renaissance humanists played a great role in the development of mankind because they fought against the dogmatism of the Catholic Church. It was the time when people began to believe in their own reason and senses, when the great works of ancient artists and philosophers were admired. England offered a very favourable soil for the Renaissance way of thinking. In this time the Tudor monarchs (Henry VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I) were ruling the country and it was a period of stability and prosperity. The Elizabethan period flourished with translations from many languages. Many literary genres developed, e.g. poetry, essays, and, above all – brilliant drama

Shakespeare´s works:

William Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies, historical plays and sonnets (14 line lyric poems -> fixed form). He wrote 34 plays in blank verse without rhymes. All of them are significant thanks to rich language, humour and criticism and in general he broke unities of drama. His most famous comedies are The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night... Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear and Othello are his best tragedies. His historical plays are for example Richard II, Henry V, Anthony and Cleopatra, etc. A lot of his plays such as The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet or The Merchant of Venice were also filmed. There even exists a musical version of The Taming of the Shrewcalled Kiss me, Kate.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of love. The story comes from Italy where the two noble families of Verona – the Montagues and the Capulets have been in feud for a long time. They have fights whenever they meet. Romeo, the only son of the Montagues falls in love with Juliet Capulet. Realizing that their love will never be accepted by their families, they get secretly married by Friar Lawrence. Immediately after the wedding, Romeo is unwillingly involved in another duel. He refuses to fight, but after Mercutio, his best friend, is killed, he kills the murderer, Tybalt Capulet. In order to escape punishment, he flees to Mantova. Count Paris loves Juliet and wants to marry her. To escape the marriage, Juliet takes a potion, which enables her to pretend death. Friar Lawrence helps them again: he sends a messenger to Romeo to inform him about Juliet´s sleep, Romeo should come back to Verona and when Juliet wakes up after her long sleep, they will both leave Verona. Unfortunately, his plan does not work. The messenger can´t get to Mantova because of plague. However, Romeo learns about Juliet´s death and hurries to Verona. He kills Paris in a duel and thinking that Juliet is dead, he poisons himself. After awaking, Juliet finds Romeo dead at her side, she kisses Romeo´s poisoned lips and dies too. The families reconcile over the dead bodies of their children.

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