1、All the worlds a stage and all the men and women merely p1ay.,William Shakespeare,1564-1616,By: Coco,Main contents,2013,TM,Step 1 Shakespeares legend life,Step 2 Shakespeares literary position,Step 4Shakespeares masterpiece,Step 3 Features of Shakespeares drama, Born on April 23, 1564,in Straford-on

2、 -Avon, a little town in Warwickshire. At the age of seven, he was sent to the local grammar school. When he was fourteen, he left school and became a country school master. In 1582, he got marrien. Starting writing plays at about 30 years old 5 years later, becoming “universal shar- eholder of trou

3、pe” Worked as an actor before 1590 Died on the 23rd of April,1616,1 legend life,The home of Shakespeare,2020/9/27,The Avon River, near Stratford-upon-Avon.,2020/9/27,The tomb of Shakespeare,2020/9/27,2,Shakespeare wrote nine historical subjects to British historical drama, the prevailing historical

4、plays in the highest achievement. Shakespeare is a great master of language, he absorbed the peoples language, ancient and modern literary language essence,in his mature works can be handy, and then the local mood anastomosis, according to the characters and plot, and poetry,and prose.,literary posi

5、tion,Early language be gorgeous, late maturity, but always lively and full of image. Many of his phrases win universal praise, become a part of British National language.,Shakespeare,The New Globe Theater,2020/9/27,The New Globe Theater,Shakespeare,The first period （15901600）,The second period (1601

6、 1607),The third period (1608 1613),3 Features of Shakespeares drama,In order to write historical drama, comedy,The first period (1590 1600),John king Henry VI Richard II Henry IV ( referred to as the most successful historical drama),2020/9/27,A Midsummer Nights Dream The Merchant Of Venice As You

7、Like It,Twelfth Night or What You Will The Comedy of Errors,2020/9/27,A Midsummer Nights Dream,2020/9/27,A Midsummer Nights Dream,2020/9/27,2020/9/27,The Merchant Of Venic,2,Hamlet,Macbeth,Othello,king Lear,1,The second period (1601 1607)|,In order to write tragedy,Four tragedies,The third period (1

8、608 1613),Inclined to compromise and the illusion of tragedy and comedy or drama.,Cymbeline,The Winters Tale,The Tempest,4 Shakespeares masterpiece,2020/9/27,Romeo and Juliet,Classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding famil

9、ies, whose children meet and fall in love. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliets cousin, Tybalt, and Romeos friend Mercutio, and many fights. But although it is set in modern times, it is still the same timeless story of the star crossed lovers.,Romeo and Juliet,s, ,About this book: Love, sex

10、 and death are the components of Shakespeares classic story of the love of two young people which reaches across the barriers of family and convention。, Romeo and Juliet,Romeo and Juliet,About this book,low comedy,tragic ending,great love,L,Romeo and Juliet is a pure tragedy of youth told in verse t

11、hat is both youthful and intense. The loveliness and the music of the poetry make believable the otherwise commonplace afflictions of blighted love. The beautiful personification of some of the main characters has caused Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and the Nurse to become part of the worlds literary myt

12、hology.,It encompasses,Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or natures changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst, Nor shall death brag thou wanderst in his shade, When in eternal l