2. By: Raymond Le

3. Essence of Tragedies
 Dark subject matter: Murder, Deceit, Betrayal
 A relatable protagonist
 A fatal flaw/trait of a hero
 In the end, the death/destruction of the hero
Source:
http://dailybrainteaser.bl
ogspot.ca/2012/04/murd
er-mystery-puzzle.html
Source:
http://leadershipfreak.wordpr
ess.com/2010/03/09/4-ways-
to-spot-backstabbers-before-
it%E2%80%99s-too-late/

4. Common Themes
 The hero is usually a high public figure: king, military officer
 Bloodshed
 False hope from the hero
 Gives audience relief in the end
Source:
http://brogdencastle.wordpress.com/
Source: http://blog.en.chatelaine.com/healthwise/desperate-for-blood/

5. Influences
 From other people’s work: Books, Plays, Poems
 Myth, legend and folklore
 Real and/or current life events
Source:
http://blogs.hpedsb
.on.ca/madps/these
archison/2013/01/
14/19/stacks-of-
books/
Source:
http://ascplcl.akronli
brary.org/homework
-help/current-
events/
Source:
http://jombay.com/blog
/cover-letter-myths/

6. Names of Plays
 Hamlet
 King Lear
 Macbeth
 Romeo & Juliet
Source:
http://transmedialshakespeare.wordpress.
com/2011/03/16/hamlet-the-tragic-hero/
Source:
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/
1968-romeo-and-juliet-by-
franco-
zeffirelli/images/24658996/title
/leonard-whiting-olivia-hussey-
photo
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/File:Thomas_Kee
ne_in_Macbeth_1884_
Wikipedia_crop.png

7. Relationships to Shakespeare
 The sad things in his life caused Shakespeare to make tragedies
 Events like: The death of family members and his son Hamnet
 Queen Elizabeth I was also reason why he started writing more
tragedies
Source: http://www.leicestergalleries.com/19th-20th-
century-paintings/d/portrait-of-queen-elizabeth-i/10621
Source:
http://www.nota
lldreamsarefree.c
om/2012_02_01
_archive.html

8. By: Paris, France

9. Plays Written
 The Two Gentlemen of Verona
 The Comedy Of Errors
 The Taming of the Shrew
 Love’s Labour’s Lost
 A Midsummer Night’s dream
 The Merchant of Venice
 The Merry Wives of Windsor
 As you like it
 Much Ado about Nothing
 Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona
 All’s Well That Ends Well
 Measure for Measure
Gazdag, Julia. Theater review: Friendship and forgiveness
themes flourish in . 2010. Photograph. Oregon LiveWeb.
23 Apr 2013.

10. Elements
 Multiple story lines
 A natural area away from the city/court
 Disguise
 Mistaken identity
 Conflict
 Misunderstanding
 A sorted out ending
DRISCOLL, KATHI . Joshua Koopman does
Shakespeare — in RI. 2009. Photograph.
CapecodonlineWeb. 23 Apr 2013.

11. Common Themes
 contained funny, ironic and dazzling word play
 start off in mystery and confusion and ends with a happy ending
and or a marriage
 awful puns and the use of sarcasm
Geinert, Joe.
The
Shakespeare
Theatre of
New Jersey.
2012.
Photograph.
StahomeWeb.
23 Apr 2013.
McGlone, Pe
ggy. All the
state's a stage:
N.J. performing
artists begin
program to
connect with
local theaters.
2012.
Photograph.
New
JerseyWeb.
23 Apr 2013.

12. Influences
 early comedies similar parts of other plays, stories and books written by other writers
 “The Comedy of Errors” was written based on a Roman comedy called “Menaechmi” which
was written by Plautus
 is “The Taming of the Shrew” which has elements of an Italian comedy named “commedia
dell’arte”
 Later on he starts to incorporate politics and events that took place around him
Theatre/Dance
ISU to present
comedy play
“The
Menaechmi”.
2009.
Photograph.
Idaho State
UniversityWe
b. 23 Apr
2013.
Muecke, France
s. Plautus:
Menaechmi.
1998.
Photograph.
BloomsburyWe
b. 23 Apr 2013.

13. Relationships to Shakespeare
 like his other plays are affected by the day to day events that took
place in his life
 added a touch of humor to his and the people of the Elizabethan
era
The Shakespeare Birthplace Portrait of
William Shakespeare. 2009.
Photograph. ShakespeareWeb. 23
Apr 2013.
<http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/g
eisha/assets/images/The-
Shakespeare-Birthplace-Portrait-of-
William-Shakespeare.3.JPG>.

14. CHARACTERS AND
SETTING
 Character are introduced and then removed so they’re never seen
again
 Sometimes female leads disguise themselves as men
 The weather of the scene usually parallels with the characters
emotions Love's Labor's Lost . 2009.
Photograph. Southern
Oregon UniversityWeb. 23
Apr 2013.
<http://sounews.typepad.co
m/.a/6a00e5502c0617883401
156f8a2b28970c-800wi>

15. By: Sanjot Boyal

16. Impacts on his Plays
 Historical events and kings that ruled at that time impacted
Shakespeare's plays greatly
 The books he read also made an effect on his plays
 Common myths and beliefs
Source:
http://mysqlquicksand.wordp
ress.com/2012/11/15/runaw
ay-history-list/
Source:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013
/02/05/king-richard-iii-face-
reconstructed-to-show-what-
king-looked-like/richard-iii/
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/greek-
mythology/images/687297/title/perseus-medusa-wallpaper
Source: http://office.microsoft.com

17. Holinshed
 Most of his plays were from this original book called the
Holinshed
 Major theme: wars abroad and civil wars
 Remembrance of great men and moral lessons taught
 Many stories & legends of kings, including histories
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Richard_II_of_England
Source:http://politicalvelcraf
t.org/magna-carta/
Source:http://internetshakespeare.uv
ic.ca/Library/SLT/history/the%20hi
stories/sources.htmlSource:http://www.foliosociety.com/

18. Superstitions
 Fear of the unknown and evils
 Many people believed in witches during that time
 Shakespeare used this in Macbeth
 Common superstitions of warding of evils, bad eye, spirits
Source: http://happiness-is-the-natural-
state.blogspot.ca/2012/09/beliefs-what-to-
do-with-them.html
Source: http://jenlars.mu.nu/archives/260053.html
Source:
http://eportfolio.cfa.arizona.edu/image_content.php?porti
d=388&oid=7431
Source:
http://cmcgelyn09.blogsp
ot.ca/

19. Myths & Folklore
 Many Mythical creatures that were mentioned in
stories, Unicorns, phoenix and dragons
 Magical creatures were widely believed to exist
 Greek myths were widely known, Shakespeare used information
from Wrath of Achilles and other Greek text
Source:
http://taekwondonj.deviantar
t.com/art/Achilles-War-
Outfit-46278723
Source:
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/griffins-and-
dragons/images/31901289/title/dark-dragon-
fanart
Source:
http://www.bottletreeinc.com

20. Actual History
 Violent changes in nation & People
 Many powerful rulers reign
 Changes of power within society
 Events that lead to wars
Source:http://blog.hertfordmuseum.org
/?tag=museum-garden
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

21. Ove r all Summar y & Re lation to Shake spe ar e
 “Shakespeare breathed new life into these beliefs by making them part
of his characters’ daily lives and incorporating them into the
symbolism, attitudes and folklore presented in his plays.”
 Characters came from myths, Titania from MSND was a mythical fairy
 Superstitions & beliefs provided character (Macbeth Witches) and
stories
 Greek myths, stories and books provided story lines for plays
Source:http://www.scoop.it/t/shakes/p/259
8130064/elizabethan-era-daily-life-in-
Source:http://languageandthecity.tumblr.com/post/44856607073
/10-shakespeare-quotes-that-you-can-use-in-modern
Source:
http://en.wikipedi
a.org/wiki/File:Co
bbe_portrait_of_S
hakespeare.jpg

22. By: Samarth Agarwal

23. Poems
 Made many poems during the Black Death
 About love and death
 5 long narrative poems
 Lucrece
 Venus and Adonis – started off his career as a poet
Source:
http://en.wikipe
dia.org/wiki/File
:Venus_and_Ado
nis_quarto.jpg
Source:
http://www.appszoom.
com/android_applicatio
ns/reference/lucrece-
william-
shakespeare_ntua.html
Source:
http://www.nearestplacetoheaven.co.uk/Shakespeare.html

24. Sonnets
 154 sonnets
 Related to love
 Many feelings
 First 17 sonnets – Shakespeare encourages a young man to get
married
 Sonnets 18-126 – talks about the young man
 Last 28 sonnets – female who Shakespeare likes
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare's_sonn
ets

25. Writing Style
 Some of his words not used today
 Some words are still used but with different meanings
 Sonnets have fixed rhyme structure
 3 out of 154 sonnets didn’t follow the structure
 Single stanza had 6 or more short sentences
Source:
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/images/Qui
neyLetter.gif

26. Influences
 Other great writers
 Old stories and legends
 Daily events
 Classical texts
 Imagination
Source:
http://www.corndancer.com
/fritze/reformation/refmaton
_arch/refmaton-frst.html
Source:
http://www.cindyhayen.co
m/wordpress/?p=129

27. Relation to Shakespeare’s Life
 Reflected incidents in his life
 Sonnet 20 – love relationship between Shakespeare and someone
else
 Young man could be his patron
 Some poetry lines were learned in school
 First Folio
Source:
http://www.willi
am-
shakespeare.info
/william-
shakespeare-first-
folio.htm
Source:
http://u
pload.wi
kimedia.
org/wiki
pedia/c
ommons
/9/9d/
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sley_sou
thampto
n.jpg

29. SOURCES OF MULTI-MEDIA
 Source for Shakespeare Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Cy4-rfd24
 Source for Beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-TdJUiFJLI
 Source for Scary Sound “Witch Scream”:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=scary+maze+game+sound+effect
&oq=scary+maze+game+sound&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0l2.12527.16558.0.17474.28.19
.3.6.6.0.119.1219.18j1.19.0...0.0...1ac.1.Qc6_7HYXvu0