1. Merchant of VeniceDone by: Tay Wei Sheng (26)

2. Shakespeare’s life Is an English poet and playwright Is 52 years old Shakespeare was buried in the Holy Trinity Church During his life, Shakespeare wrote 36 plays and 154 sonnets Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare's death there are 15 million pages referring to him on Google The football club Tottenham Hotspur was named by one of Shakespeare's characters, Harry Hotspur

3. Shakespeare’s life Shakespeare probably attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford from the age of seven On 29 November 1582, Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway November the 27th at Temple Grafton, a village near Stratford They then had their first child, Susanna baptisized on 26 May 1583, twin children, a son, Hamnet and a daughter, Judith, were baptised on 2 February 1585 Between 1589 and 1592, Shakespeare began his writing career and he was inspired to write by nature and by some novelists like Ovid and Seneca

4. Shakespeare’s life Shakespeare's family was about at the middle of the social system in money and status His wife was considered as one of the small farmers while his father was one of the craftsmen Hence, his family was considered as middle class

5. England in Shakespeare’s time

7. There were three big epidemics of plague, the first occurred between 1592 and 1594

10. knowledge of Greek and Roman classics applied

11. “human” characters with psychologically complexity were created