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William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Comedies

Tragedies

12

plays

Characteristics

  • Bad ending
  • Fall of nobleman
  • External pressures

Examples:

  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Hamlet
  • Othello
  • The King Lear
  • Macbeth

Characteristics:

  • Good ending
  • Separation and unification
  • A struggle of young lovers to be together

Examples:

  • The MMerchant of Venice
  • The Tempest
  • The Winter's Tal

16 plays

Historical context

Historical plays

The Elizabethan period

Period of Rebirth

BIOGRAPHY

Characteristics:

  • Based on king's lives
  • They had Tudor propaganda
  • They show how good things were with these kings.

Examples:

  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Henry VIII
  • Period of transformation in Europe, specially in Italy and England.

  • Shakespeare lived in Elizabethan period, an era of change and development

12 plays

  • He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon
  • He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18. He had 3 children, one of them (Hamnet) died at the age of 11 years old.
  • He moved to London to become a write and an actor.
  • He died on April 23rd 1616 at his home.

Influence on culture and arts

  • There was a huge influence on culture, arts and literature:
  • LITERATURE: Shakespeare was one of the most influenced figures in literature
  • EDUCATION: people started to learn to write and read
  • MUSIC: music became important in the court
  • RELIGION:Anglicanism

Types of plays

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