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Shakespeare: His Life and Times Adapted from http://www.public.asu.edu/~muckerrm/English_321_S2005/Introduction.ppt
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Early Life Born 1564—died 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner John—glovemaker, local politician
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From: http://www.where-can-i-find.com/tourist-maps.html Location of Stratford-upon-Avon
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As reproduced in William Rolfe, Shakespeare the Boy (1896). Stratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s Time
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From Stratford’s web site: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/index.htm Stratford-upon-Avon Today
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ Shakespeare’s Birthplace
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Probably attended King’s New School in Stratford Educated in: Rhetoric Logic History Latin Education
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ King’s New School
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Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant at the time with their first daughter Had twins in 1585 Sometime between 1585-1592, he moved to London and began working in theatre. Married Life
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/ Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
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Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor Burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays Theatre Career
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The Rebuilt Globe Theater, London
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The Globe Theater
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The Plays 38 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare 14 comedies 10 histories 10 tragedies 4 romances Possibly wrote three others Collaborated on several others
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154 Sonnets Numerous other poems The Poetry
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Shakespeare’s Language Shakespeare did NOT write in “Old English.” Old English is the language of Beowulf: Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum Þeodcyninga Þrym gefrunon Hu ða æÞelingas ellen fremedon! (Hey! We have heard of the glory of the Spear- Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes, how noble princes showed great courage!)
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Shakespeare’s Language Shakespeare did not write in “Middle English.” Middle English is the language of Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory: We redeth oft and findeth y-write— And this clerkes wele it wite— Layes that ben in harping Ben y-founde of ferli thing… (Sir Orfeo)
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Shakespeare’s Language Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.” EME was not very different from “Modern English,”
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Shakespeare’s Language A mix of old and very new Rural and urban words/images Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble
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Elizabethan Theatrical Conventions
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A theatrical convention is a suspension of reality. No electricity Women forbidden to act on stage Minimal, contemporary costumes Minimal scenery These control the dialogue.
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Audience loves to be scared. Soliloquy Aside Types of speech Blood Use of supernatural
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Let`s play Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus AndronicusAntony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus
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Use of disguises/ mistaken identity Multiple marriages (in comedies) Multiple murders (in tragedies) Last speaker—highest in rank (in tragedies)
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“All the world 's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” So….. Let’s dramatize Shakespeare!!!
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Trabalho N2 Valor: 0 – 10,0 Grupos: no Máximo 10 integrantes *Podem ter convidados (figurantes de outros grupos)
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Instruções e Critérios Escolha alguns atos para dramatização; Pode haver adaptação (falas mais curtas mas NÃO alternar o sentido do texto); As falas serão memorizadas; Cenário e figurino e sonoplastia; Harmonia do grupo; Criatividade; Have Fun!
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