A work to be used in an English test

1. WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE

2. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN IN STRATFORD-
UPON-AVON IN 1564. HE WAS THE ELDES SON AND
ATTENDED THE LOCAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
IN 1584 HE LEFT STRATFORD AND WENT TO LONDON
AND HE FIRST EXPERIENCED THE PLAYHOUSE.
WHEN THE TEATRES REOPENED HE BECAME A
SHAREHOLDER AND THE PLAYWRIGHT OF THE MOST
SUCCESFUL COMPANY OF ACTORS
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN
SHAKESPEARE ‘S LIFE

3. IN 1599 THIS COMPAMY BUILT THE GLOBE
THEATRE
THE ACTORN AND THE PLAYWRIGHT
HE TAKE A FAMILIAR STORY AND CREATE
TRAGIC,PHILOSOPHICAL AND
HILARIOUS DRAMAS
THE LANGUACE GENIUS
SHAKESPEARE WAS WRITING AND HE
CONIED NEW WORDS AND PHRASES THAT
WE STILL TODAY

4. THE POET
SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS WERE PUBLISHED IN
1609 .THE COLLECTIONINCLUDED 154 SONNETS
,THIS WERE NOT NECESSARILY CHRONOLOGICAL
.THEY CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS.THE
FIRST 126SONNETS ARE ADDRESSEDTO A «FAIR
YOUTH» AND THE REST OF THE POEMS ARE
ADDRESSED TO A «DARK LADY»
THE
COMEDIAN
SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES
FOLLOW A CERTAIN SET OF
CONVENTIONES INCLUDING:
disguise, mistaken identity,
frustrated love

5. THE HISTORIAN
SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORY PLAYS ARE
DIVIDEDINTO TWO «TETRALOGIES».
THE FIRST TETRALOGY INCLUDES: HENRY
VI,AND RICHARD I.
THE SECOND TETRALOGY CONSISTS :
RICHARD II, HENRY IV, HENRY V
SHAKESPEARE USED THREE GENRES TO
CREATE HIS COLLECTION .
DRAMA TRAGEDY COMEDY

6. THE WORLD OF DRAMA
A PLAY CONSIST OF A NUMBER OF ACTS DIVIDED
INTO SCENES .ALL SHAKESPEARIAN PLAYS ARE
MADE UP OF FIVE ACTS :
 ACT 1= INTRODUCTION
 ACT 2= DEVELOPMENT
 ACT 3=CRISIS OR TURNING
POINT
 ACT 4=COMPLICATION
 ACT 5= DENOVEMENT
THE DIALOGUE IS THE MAIN SUPPORT OF DRAMA
SINCE: CREATES THE ACTION ,GIVES INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PAST AND CAN FORESHADOW
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

7. THERE IS THE MONOLOGUE AND THE SOLILOQUY.
IS A SPEECH UTTERED BY A
SPEAKER WHO IS HEARD BY
OTHER CHARACTERS
PRESENT ON THE STAGE
IS A SPEECH UTTERED BY A
CHARACTER WHO IS ALONE
ON THE STAGE

8. IN DRMA THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE ASIDE.
THE ASIDE IS A SHORT COMMENT MADE BY A
CHARACTER FOR THE AUDIENCE ALONE
,USSUALY OCCURRING BETWEEN SPEECHES. IT
PURPOSE CAN BE:
 TO REVEL THE NATURE OF THE
SPEAKER
 TO CREATE HUMOR BY INTRODUCING
THE UNEXPECTED

9. THE WORLD OF TRAGEDY
THE TRAGEDY IS A GENRE MOST IMPORTANT INFACT
MOST OF HIS WORKS IS A TRAGEDY. TRAGEDY’ S
FEATURES ARE:
 USES A SOLEMN STYLE AND ELEVATED
LANGUAGE
 THE HEROES/HEROINES ARE NOT FREE,BUT
DOMINATED BY FATE
 THERE IS GENERALLY A VILLAIN WHO IS GUILTY
OF SOME ACTION WHICH HE MUST EXPIATE
THROUGH DEATH
 THE HERO SOMETIMES PRESENTS A FLAW
WHICH LANDS HIM TO SUFFERING,MANDESS OR
SUICIDE.IN THIS CASA THE CHARACTER IS
CALLED A «TRAGIC HERO»

10. THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAGEDY IS «ROMEO AND
JULIET»
ROMEO AND JULIET
THEMES
 DISGUISE
 LOVE AND DEATH
 ARRANGED MARRIAGE
 THE ROLE OF POISON
 SIDE EFFECTS

11. THE PLOT
THE SETTIN IS VERONA,WHERE TWO FAMILIES, THE
MONTAGUES AND THE CAPULETS,ARE LOCKED IN A
VIOLENT FEUD. THE PROTAGONIST OF THE STORY ARE
ROMEO ,SON OF LORD MONTAGUE , AND JULIET
,DAUGTHER OF CAPULET. THE TWO YOUNG MEET IN
VERONA AND THEY FALL IN LOVE AND THANKS THE HELP
OF FRIAR LAWRENCE THEY MARRIED .THIS MARRIED
DIDN’T ACCEPTED BY LORD CAPULET INFACT HE DRUNK
TO JULIET A POTION WHICH WILL GIVE HER FAKE DEAD
FOR 42 HOUR. ROMEO THOUGHT THAT JULIET WAS DEAD
SO I KILLED.

12. Juliet
though she is set with in
the courtly love
convention, she is
unconventional
because she stands for
innocence, belongs
to no characterisation, is a
real woman
Romeo
courteous lover, intense
adoration
of a chaste woman

13. THE WORLD OF COMEDY
THE COMEDY IS GENRE MOST CHEERFUL INFACT
HER ROLE IS TO ENTERTAIN THE AUDIENCE.IT
BEGINS WITH MISFORTUNE ,BUT DOES NOT END
WITH THE DEATH OF THE MAIN CHARACTER AND TEH
PLOT ARE MAINLY BASED ON LOVE AND RELY ON
WITTY DIALOGUE . THE DIALOGUE IS TO USE FOR TO
DESCRIBE THE SOCIETY BY THE COMIC
CHARACTERS .

14. TEATRO
THE FIRST PLAYHOUSES WERE BUILT IN
LONDON IN 1576
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4
5
6

15. 1. STAGE=IT WAS SUPPORTED BY TWO PILLARS AND
WAS ROOFED OVER TO PROTECT THE ACTORES
AND THEIR COSTUM
2. PIT= IT PROJECTED INTO AN UNCOVERED CENTRAL
AREA .HE USED FOR DEVILISH APPARITIONES
,DISAPPARITIONES AND ALSO FOR BURIALS.
3. SCENARY=THERE WAS NO SCENARY AND PLAYS
WERE ACTED IN DAYLIGHT.PERFORMANCES
REQUIRED A LIMITED NUMBER OF PROPS: TABLES,
CHAIRS,CANVASSES OF THE SUN AND MOON.
4. GALLERY=THE STAGE IS SURROUNDED BY THREE
ROOFED TIERS OF GALLERIES.THE GALLERY ABOVE
THE STAGE COULD BE USED EITHER BY THE
AUDIENCE OR BY THE MUSICIANS.

16. 5. BALCONY=CROWENED BY A GABLE ON THE
UPPER FLOOR HOUSED THE STAGE MACHINERY.
6. THIRING HOUSE=WAS AT THE REAR OF THE
STAGE .THERE WERE TWO DOORS FOR
ENTRANCES AND EXITS
GENNERALLY THE ELIZABETHAN ACTOR WAS BUSY
MAN ,COSTANTLY REHEARSING NEW PLAYS. THE
ACTION WAS CONTINUOUS. A SCENE ENDED WHEN
ALL THE ACTORS HAD GONE OFF THE STAGE.