WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Life

• Born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

• Married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children.

• Flourished as a playwright and actor in London during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

• Co-owner of the Globe Theatre.

• Died on April 23, 1616.

Classification of Shakespeare’s plays

• Comedies

• Light-hearted tone

• Often end with marriages or reconciliations

• Tragedies

• Serious and often end in death or downfall of the main character.

• Explore themes of fate, revenge, and moral ambiguity.

• Histories

• Based on historical events or figures

• Chronicle English history.

• Romances (Late plays)

• Blend of comedy and tragedy.

• Themes of redemption, forgiveness, and magical elements.

Shakespeare’s titles

• Tragedies

• Hamlet

• Othello

• Romeo and Juliet

• Comedies

• As you like it

• Twelfth Night

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream

• Histories

• Henry V

• Richard II

• Romances

• The tempest

• Cymbeline

Description of one of his plays

• Hamlet

• The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet's opponent and Hamlet himself are all killed.