Shakespeare
Janet Jensen
Shakespeare’s Life
• Birth date April, 1563
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in Stratford, England John Shakespeare, Leather and City gov. Mary Arden Grammar school 1582 Ann Hathaway 1592-1622 1613-Stratford
Shakespeare’s Theatre
• Plague • Many deaths • Plays were written to
please royalty • Globe, The Theatre • No lights. No women, Lower class audiences
The History of the Play
• Romeo and Juliet was adapted from a poem
written two hundred years before Shakespeare came on the scene. There is also a legend that there were two young people that indeed ran away together, were hunted down, and did kill themselves before they were found. • The Poem has more substantial evidence.
Pictures from Shakespeare
Shakespearean Dress
Romeo and Juliet Project
Romeo and Juliet Tragedy Young love Prejudice Romeo Impatient Non-Commital Rebel Juliet Level-headed Trustworthy Commited Friar Lawrence Emotional Power-hungry Responsible
Shakespeare’s Contribution to the Language
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He invented 32,000 words. We use about 5,000 today. He invented: hot blooded, He invented phrases: Leapfrog is an example of a compound word invented by Shakespeare.