Life and works of Shakespeare, plays, sonnets and narrative poems.

1. Life and works

2. Shakespeare
 William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23 April
1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor,
widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English
language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is
often called England's national poet and the "Bard of
Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works,
including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154
sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other
verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have
been translated into every major living language and
are performed more often than those of any other
playwright. They also continue to be studied and
reinterpreted.
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3. The life of Shakespeare
 William Shakespeare was the
son of John Shakespeare,
an alderman and a
successful glover originally
from Snitterfield and Mary
Arden, the daughter of an
affluent landowning
farmer. He was born
in Stratford-upon-Avon
where he was baptised on
26 April 1564.
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4.  Shakespeare was probably educated at the King's
New School in Stratford, a free school chartered in
1553. At the age of 18, Shakespeare married 26-
year-old Anne Hathaway. The consistory court of
the Diocese of Worcester issued a marriage licence
on 27 November 1582. Six months after the
marriage Anne gave birth to a daughter, Susanna,
baptised 26 May 1583. Twins, son Hamnet and
daughter Judith, followed almost two years later
and were baptised 2 February 1585. Hamnet died of
unknown causes at the age of 11 and was buried 11
August 1596. Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at
the age of 52.

5. Works of Shakespeare
His extant works,
including collaborati
ons, consist of
some 39 plays, 154
sonnets, two
long narrative
poems, and a few
other verses, some
of uncertain
authorship.
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6. Plays of Shakespeare
Plays of Shakespeare
Historical
plays
Tragedy
Comedy

7. Tragedy
 A play about death or suffering with a sad end, or
this type of play called tragedy.
 Four great tragedies of Shakespeare
 1) Hamlet
 2) Macbeth
 3) King Lear
 4) Othello
These four tragedies are very famous around the
world and even after so many years also people are
reading his books.

9. Other tragedies of
Shakespeare
 Antonio and
Cleopatra
 Coriolanus
 Julius Caesar
 Romeo and Juliet
 Timon of Athens
 Titus Andronicus
 Cymbeline

10. Comedy
 A Shakespearean comedy is one that has a
happy ending, usually involving marriages
between the unmarried characters, and a
tone and style that is more light-hearted.
 Thus, there are many comedies written by
him so let’s know it by names.

12. Historical plays
 The historical plays means the play which
based on some historical character or
incident.
 King John
 Richard II
 Henry IV Part 1
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14. Sonnets of Shakespeare
 He wrote 154 sonnets.
 The sonnets cover
such themes as the
passage of time, love,
infidelity, jealousy,
beauty and mortality.
 The first 126 are
addressed to a young
man; the last 28 are
either addressed to, or
refer to a woman.

15.  Shakespeare
published two
narrative poems on
sexual
themes, Venus and
Adonis and The
Rape of Lucrece.