1. William
Shakespeare,
1564 - 1616

2. Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon

3. Lived under the late renaissance.
Renaissancemeansrebirth.
The rebirth of old ideals from ancientGreece.
Meant that the theaterwasvery popular.

4. Wroteplays and poetry
Plays:
Tragedies
Histories
Comedies
Poetry: preferablysonnets
Sonnet:
13 lines,
Rhymepatternababcdcdefefgg

5. Sonnet 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red thanher lips' red;
Ifsnow be white, whythenherbreasts are dun;
Ifhairs be wires, black wires grow on herhead.
I haveseenrosesdamasked, red and white,
But no suchrosessee I in hercheeks;
And in someperfumes is theremoredelight
Than in the breath that from my mistressreeks.
I love to hearherspeak, yetwell I know
That musichath a far morepleasing sound;
I grant I neversaw a goddess go;
My mistresswhenshewalkstreads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As anyshebelied with falsecompare.

6. The tragedies
Tragedy – story aboutsuffering
Hamlet
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Othello

7. The histories
Histories: playsbased on
kings’ lives
Richard III
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VIII

8. The comedies
MuchAdoAboutNothi
ng
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
The Merchant from
Venice
The Taming of the
Shrew
The Tempest

9. Famousquotes
All the world's a stage,
and all the men and womenmerelyplayers:
theyhavetheirexits and theirentrances;
and one man in his time playsmany parts…
As You Like it
To be or not to be; that is the question
Hamlet
What's in a name? That whichwecall a rose
By anyotherwordwouldsmell as sweet;
Romeo and Juliet
Fair is foul, and foul is fair
Macbeth

10. Findout….
What is the play about?
Is it a tragedy, comedy or history? Why?
Are thereanyparticularlyfamous versions?
Are thereanyespeciallyfamouslines? What are they?
Any extra interesting information?