1 introduction to shakespeare
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Introduction to Shakespeare
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Biographical Details
Born 1564, Startford upon Avon
Died 1616
Spouse: Anne Hathaway
Shakespeare's company- the Lord Chamberlain's Men
Theatre: The Globe
37 plays
Poems: Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece, A Lover’s
Complaint, Phoenix and the Turtle, 154 sonnets
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Dramatic Career4 Stage Classification (Prof Dowden)
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•The Comedy of Errors
•Taming of the Shrew
•The Two Gentlemen of Verona
•Love’s Labour’s Lost
•A Midsummer Night’s Dream
•The Merchant of Venice
Comedies
•Titus Adronicus
•Romeo and Juliet
Tragedies
•Henry VI part 1,2,3
•Richard III
•King John
•Venus and Adonis(poem)
•Rape of Lucerce (poem)
•Richard II
•Henry IV part 1
Histories
Stage 1 : In the Workshop (1584-92)
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• Merry Wives of Windsor
• Much Ado About Nothing
• As You Like It
• Twelfth Night
• Troilus and Cressida
Comedies
• Henry IV part 2
• Henry V
Tragedies
• Julius Caeser
• Hamlet
Histories
Stage 2 : Life in the World (1594-99)
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• Measure for Measure
• All’s Well That End’s Well
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Comedies
• Othello
• Timon of Athens
• King Lear
• Macbeth
• Antony and Cleopatra
• Coriolanus
Tragedies
• Henry VIII
Histories
Stage 3 : Out of Depths (1599-1608)
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• Cymberline
• The Winter’s Tale
• The Tempest
Comedies
• Nil
Tragedies
• Nil
Histories
Stage 4 : On the Heights (1608- 13)
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Shakespeare’s Writing Style
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Penetrative sensibility
No distinct Shakespearean philosophy exists
Diverse topics
Unique style and versification
Tragic characters better than comic characters
Humour- broad and sunny
Disregarded classical unities of time and place
Strong women characters
Intermixing of tragic and comic elements
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Dramatic Devices
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Soliloquy: as a device for telling story; as a means for
analysing the psychology of a character; for creating
humour; creating tragic effect
Use of rhythm
Use of blank verse
Use of prose- to lower the dramatic effect
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QUIZ
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I. How many plays have been written by Shakespeare?a) 36 b) 37 c) 38 d) 39
II. Name the theatre in which Shakespeare was a shareholder.a) The Red Lion b) The Theatre c) The Swan d) The Globe
III. Identify a Tragedy among the following:a) Titus Adronicus b) Henry IV c) Love’s Labour’s Lost d)Twelfth Night
IV. Which is the classical unity that Shakespeare mostly follows?a) Time b) action c) place
V. Plays of Shakespeare are in a) Heroic couplet b) terza rima c) ottava rima d) blank verse
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ANSWERS
I. b) 37
II. d) The Globe
III. a) Titus Adronicus
IV. b) action
V. d) blank verse
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