William Shakespeare
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British literature – William Shakespeare
I would like to speak about William Shakespeare. At first I would like to tell you something about his life. The second part will be about his works. The third part will be about Romeo and Juliet.
He was one of the greatest dramatists the world has ever seen.
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. He was born on 23rd April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon as the third children. He is one of the most Britain´s writers and dramatics. In 18 years old he married Ann Hathaway. They had three children. Two daughters (Susan and Judith) and a son Hamnet, who died when he was eleven years old.
Four years after marrying Ann, William decided to leave to London. There he became an actor. At first he rewrote and edited older plays. Later he started to write his own story.
His early plays were primarily comedies and histories. Then he wrote mainly tragedies, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies.
He died on the same day as he was born. He was exactly 52 years old. He is buried in the church at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Altogether William Shakespeare wrote thirty seven theatre plays and one hundred and fifty four sonnets – he was also a poet.
His greatest popularity, however, did not come until after his death. Today, his plays and poems are still read throughout the world as an example of the greatest English writer.
Romeo and Juliet
Famous tragedy about unhappy love and death of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet
Two powerful clans of Verona – they hated each other
Romeo (16) fell in love with Juliet (14) – secret marriage
Few days after wedding, Romeo unfortunately killed one of Juliet´s cousins Tybalt
Romeo was send to exile outside the Verona
Juliet was supposed to marry Paris
She wanted to escape from the wedding – she took a drug which made her fallen into such a deep sleep that people thought her to be dead
Romeo poisoned himself
Juliet wakes up and see Romeo dead – she killed herself too