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    The document provides biographical details about William Shakespeare's life and career as a playwright in London in the late 16th/early 17th century, discussing where he was born and educated, his family life and marriage, his involvement in theatrical companies like the Lord Chamberlain's Men and building of the Globe Theater, and an overview of his plays which include comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. It also briefly discusses some of the theatrical conventions of Shakespeare's time like the use of women's roles being played by men.

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    The document provides biographical details about William Shakespeare's life and career as a playwright in London in the late 16th/early 17th century, discussing where he was born and educated, his family life and marriage, his involvement in theatrical companies like the Lord Chamberlain's Men and building of the Globe Theater, and an overview of his plays which include comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. It also briefly discusses some of the theatrical conventions of Shakespeare's time like the use of women's roles being played by men.

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    The document provides biographical details about William Shakespeare's life and career as a playwright in London in the late 16th/early 17th century, discussing where he was born and educated, his family life and marriage, his involvement in theatrical companies like the Lord Chamberlain's Men and building of the Globe Theater, and an overview of his plays which include comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. It also briefly discusses some of the theatrical conventions of Shakespeare's time like the use of women's roles being played by men.

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    The document provides biographical details about William Shakespeare's life and career as a playwright in London in the late 16th/early 17th century, discussing where he was born and educated, his family life and marriage, his involvement in theatrical companies like the Lord Chamberlain's Men and building of the Globe Theater, and an overview of his plays which include comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. It also briefly discusses some of the theatrical conventions of Shakespeare's time like the use of women's roles being played by men.

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    Why study Shakespeare?

    Somebody said

    Even if every human being on earth


    is dead, and only the plays of
    Shakespeare remain, they are enough
    to know that a species called human
    existed on this earth and this is how
    he lived
    Early Life

    Born 1564died 1616


    Stratford-upon-Avon
    Parents: John and Mary Arden
    Shakespeare
    Marydaughter of wealthy landowner
    Johnglovemaker, local politician
    Location of Stratford-upon-Avon

    From: http://www.where-can-i-find.com/tourist-maps.html
    Education

    Educated in:
    -Rhetoric
    -Logic
    -History
    -Latin
    Shakespeare dropped out of middle school
    when his father lost his fortune
    Married Life

    Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway


    Had twins in 1585- Hamnet & Judith
    Hamnet died from the plague at age 11
    Sometime between 1583-1592, he
    moved to London and began working
    in theatre.
    Theatre Career

    Member and later part-owner of the Lord


    Chamberlains Men, later called the
    Kings Men
    Globe Theater built in 1599 with
    Shakespeare as primary investor
    The Rebuilt Globe Theater, London
    Shakespeare is most known for his
    characters, which display life-like human
    nature
    All his plays are closer to nature and are
    still relevant today in many ways.
    There is a Globe theatre in London which
    still runs at least one Shakespearean play
    daily
    The Plays

    38 plays firmly attributed to


    Shakespeare
    14 comedies
    10 histories
    10 tragedies
    4 romances
    Possibly wrote three others
    Collaborated on several others
    The Poetry

    Two major poems


    Venus and Adonis
    Rape of Lucrece
    154 Sonnets
    Numerous other poems
    Women characters in
    Shakespeare
    Elizabethan
    Theatrical
    Conventions
    Theatrical Conventions
    of Shakespeare's time
    A theatrical convention is a
    suspension of reality.
    No electricity
    Women forbidden
    to act on stage These
    Minimal, contemporary control the
    costumes dialogue.
    Minimal scenery
    Theatrical Conventions
    of Shakespeare's Theatre
    Use of disguises/
    mistaken identity
    Multiple marriages
    (in comedies)

    Multiple murders
    (in tragedies)
    Last speakerhighest in
    rank (in tragedies)
    Shakespeare moulded his heroines
    into extraordinary women.
    Shakespeares female characters do
    not seem wanting in personality and
    character
    A number of these female characters
    are intelligent, witty, brave and
    noble.
    Portia in the Merchant of
    Venice
    Portia is the heroine
    of William
    Shakespeare's The
    Merchant of Venice. A
    rich, beautiful, and
    intelligent heiress.
    "In Belmont is a lady
    richly left, / And she
    is fair"
    1. Portia and the Casket Contest

    Portia clearly wants to marry Bassanio.

    Bassanio
    a) wants Portia's money and
    b) Value his friendship with Antonio more than
    his relationship with her.
    Portia cross-dresses as a lawyer and saves
    Antonio's life during the big trial scene.
    This means she was clever enough to save her
    man's friend.

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