William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright and poet who wrote famous plays and sonnets during the Renaissance period in England. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and wrote tragedies, comedies, and histories, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. Some of his most famous quotes come from his plays such as "To be or not to be" from Hamlet and "What's in a name?" from Romeo and Juliet.

1. William
Shakespeare,
1564 - 1616

2. Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon

3. Lived under the late renaissance.
Renaissancemeansrebirth.
The rebirth of old ideals from ancientGreece.
Meant that the theaterwasvery popular.

4. Wroteplays and poetry
Plays:
Tragedies
Histories
Comedies
Poetry: preferablysonnets
Sonnet:
13 lines,
Rhymepatternababcdcdefefgg

5. Sonnet 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red thanher lips' red;
Ifsnow be white, whythenherbreasts are dun;
Ifhairs be wires, black wires grow on herhead.
I haveseenrosesdamasked, red and white,
But no suchrosessee I in hercheeks;
And in someperfumes is theremoredelight
Than in the breath that from my mistressreeks.
I love to hearherspeak, yetwell I know
That musichath a far morepleasing sound;
I grant I neversaw a goddess go;
My mistresswhenshewalkstreads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As anyshebelied with falsecompare.

6. The tragedies
Tragedy – story aboutsuffering
Hamlet
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Othello

7. The histories
Histories: playsbased on
kings’ lives
Richard III
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VIII

8. The comedies
MuchAdoAboutNothi
ng
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
The Merchant from
Venice
The Taming of the
Shrew
The Tempest

9. Famousquotes
All the world's a stage,
and all the men and womenmerelyplayers:
theyhavetheirexits and theirentrances;
and one man in his time playsmany parts…
As You Like it
To be or not to be; that is the question
Hamlet
What's in a name? That whichwecall a rose
By anyotherwordwouldsmell as sweet;
Romeo and Juliet
Fair is foul, and foul is fair
Macbeth

10. Findout….
What is the play about?
Is it a tragedy, comedy or history? Why?
Are thereanyparticularlyfamous versions?
Are thereanyespeciallyfamouslines? What are they?
Any extra interesting information?