2. WHO IS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
April
Henley
23,
1564. (St.
George’s
Day)
Street, Strat
ford-UponAvon, Warwic
kshire, Engla
nd.
8. WORKS AND SUCCESS
First
folio – published in 1623. It
preserved 18 plays.
Second Folio – published in 1632.
Third Folio – printed in 1663 and
1664.
Fourth Folio – appeared in 1685.
9. WRITING STYLE:
• Shakespeare used a metrical pattern
consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic
pentameter, called blank verse. His plays
were composed using blank verse, although
there are passages in all the plays that
deviate from the norm and are composed of
other forms of poetry and/or simple prose.
•Shakespeare's sonnets are written in iambic
pentameter, with the exception of Sonnet
145, which is written in iambic tetrameter.
10. • Shakespeare's style of writing and metre choice
were typical of the day, and other writings of the time
influenced how he structured his compositions.
SOME EXAMPLES :
anon—right now, OR ―I come right away‖……. “Anon, good
nurse! Speak!”
art—are, OR skill……“Thou art dead; no physician’s art can
save you.”
dost or doth—does or do……“Dost thou know the time?”
ere—before……“We must leave ere daybreak.”
fain—gladly…“I fain would bake Mr. Love cookies if I could
get an A.”
fie—an exclamation of dismay or disgust……“You
cheated? Fie upon it!” OR “Fie! Are you mad?”
hark—listen……. “Hark to the owl,” OR “Hark! The herald
angels sing!”
hence—away…..“Get thee hence, beggar!” OR “We must
hence before the army arrives.”
11. HIS PEERS:
EARLY RENAISSANCE PLAYWRIGHTS:
Francis Beaumont,Thomas Dekker,John Fletcher, Thomas
Heywood, Ben Jonson, Thomas Kyd, John Lyly,
Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Middleton, John Webster
SHAKESPEARE’S CONTEMPORARY
Christopher Marlowe, King James I, Sir Walter Raleigh, Dr.
Simon Forman, Richard Burbage
LORD OF CHAMBERLAIN or KING’S MEN
Actors when the company was formed were:
Richard Burbag, John Heminge, Augustine Philips, William
Kempe, Thomas Pope, George Bryan, Richard Cowley,
Samuel Gilbourne, William Sly, Henry Condell, John Sicher
12. HIS EDUCATION:
•He began his education at the age of 7 at
King Edward VI Grammar School, StratfordUpon-Avon in 1571 and left school and formal
education when he was 14 in 1578.
•King Edward VI Grammar School is also
referred to as the King‘s New School as it was
named according to charter by King Edward
VI (Queen Elizabeth‘s brother) in 1553.
13. THE PETTY SCHOOLS
• Petty Schools were run by a local housewife and were often
referred to as ‗Dame Schools‘. Petty School education would
have consisted of being taught in behavior and to learn
catechism.
WILLIAM AT GRAMMAR SCHOOL
•The Grammar School education of William
Shakespeare would have included Latin taught from
the Tudor textbook known as Lily‘s Latin Grammar and
boys would be expected to translate Latin to English
and vice versa.
•The education of his continued by studying the works
of the great classical authors and dramatists such as
Ovid, Plautus, Horace, Virgil, Cicero and Seneca.
14. •The teachers of his were predominantly Catholic
so William‘s education would have been influenced
by their beliefs.
•One of his teachers, Robert Dibdale was ordained
as Catholic priest, and was martyred in 1586.
LIFE AT GRAMMAR SCHOOL
•Life there would have been very strict.
•Elizabethan Education was hard work!
•William would have been expected to converse in
Latin at all times in order to improve his fluency in
the language- any boy caught speaking English at
school was punished.
15. WILLIAM FINISHES HIS EDUCATION AT
THE AGE OF 14!
•William was withdrawn from education in 1577 at
the age of 14 due to his father‘s financial
problems.
•Boys would normally attended Grammar school
until they reached the age of fourteen when they
would have continued their education at the
university.
16. DID YOU KNOW???????
Shakespeare
married an
older woman
who was three
months
pregnant at the
time.
17. DID YOU KNOW???????
We probably
Willhm Shakp‖,
don‘t spell
―Willm Shakspere‖
Shakespeare‘s ―William Shakspeare‖
name correctlybut, then
again, neither did
―schakken‖ (to brandish)
he!!!
―speer‖ (spear)
• to a confrontational or
argumentative person.
