Shakespeare’s Background Little documented information actually exists about his childhood. Church baptism and funeral records suggest Shakespeare was.

Shakespeare’s Background

• Little documented information actually exists about his childhood.

• Church baptism and funeral records suggest Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616.

• He grew up in a town called Stratf0rd-on-Avon and later moved to London to become an actor and playwright.

By Sally Sommers and George Smith – p. 2

Works Cited• Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Homepage – www.shakesglobe.com

• University of Michigan Department of English – www.umich.edu/English

• ClipArt City – www.clipartcity.com (image)

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What types of works did Shakespeare write?

• He mainly wrote about comedies, tragedies, and histories

• His Famous Works-Romeo and Juliet Hamlet

Macbeth

• “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?...”-Sonnet 18

Works Cited

Shakespeare’s Workswww.folger.edu/content/Discover-Shakespeare/Shakespeare-life

Shakespeare’s quotes/plays/poemswww.absoluteshakespeare.com

Shakespeare’s playswww.shakespeare-online.com/plays

Clipart http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/virt-exhib/shakespeare/images/tempest.jpg

Theater in Shakespeare’s timeBy Chase Balosky and Zach Wilson-p.1

• The theater culture was highly ranked and admired by people of high rank.

• Shakespeare attracted many of the best actors to his plays.

• He wrote plays for the people that could not or write.

Works cited

• Britannica-http:/www.britanica.com/ebchecked/topic/537853/william-shakespeare

• Biography-http:/www.biography.com/people/williamshakespeare-9480323

• Picture-www.picsdrive.com/williamshakespeare/13

THEGLOBE

The Globe was Shakespeare’s Theater.

The Theater was constructed in 1576 and burned down in 1613.

In the Theater, actors performed in Shakespeare’s plays.

Before After

Works Cited

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-globe-theater-burns-down

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/theatre/

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/theatre/globe.html

Pictures: http://day-to-daywithshakespeare.weebly.com/the-globe-theatre.html

Shakespeare Time PeriodNathan Sahly and Matthew Beckerman Period 1

He lived in 1564 through 1616.Shakespeare lived through the Renaissance

Era.This time period focused on the arts such as,

writing, music, and painting.

Work CitedSahly Beckerman p.1

Shakespeare and the Early Modern English Theatre-www.watson.org/nleigh/shakespeare.html

Life and Times-shakespeare.palomar.edu/life.html

Clip Art City-www.clipartcity.com (images)

The common age for non-noble families to get married was around 25-26 years of age for men and around 23 years of age for women.

With permission, boys could marry at 14 and girls could marry at 12.

Marriages in Shakespeare’s TimeBy Matt Giles and Sophie O’Rourke Rusin – P. 1

• The women had very little, if any, choice in who she was going to marry and often, marriages were usually arranged so both families involved would benefit.

Life in Elizabethan England- www.elizabethan.org

Elizabethan Wedding Customs- www.william-shakespeare.info

Shakespeare Picture-http://cdn1.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/william-shakespeare.jpg

WORKS CITED

What are the Characteristics of Shakespeare's tragedies By: Alex Frank and Danny Bailey per 1- slide 9

Tragedies were first written and practiced by the Greeks

Written about a Protagonist that is a good person and then they make destructive actions or choices that lead to death and down fall

Characteristics of them are very sad and move the audience

Works Cited

Wise geek www.wisegeek.org College of liberal arts http://cla.calpoly.edu Picture found www.wikipedia.com

•Romeo- He is very sensitive, intelligent, and impulsive. He is the son of Montague and Lady Montague, and he secretly marries Juliet.•Juliet- She is the daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. She is very beautiful and secretly marries Romeo, even though their families are enemies.•Friar Lawrence- He is a close friend of Romeo and Juliet and secretly helps them get married. He is a Catholic holy man and is always ready with a plan.

Characters in Romeo and Juliet

Josh Topps, Precious Barstatis, Lori Groesbeck Period 1

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/characters.html

http://litcharts.com/lit/romeoandjuliet/charactershttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=shakespea

re&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=B37C3AD6E228865D30AA723E3B83CF9A824EF765&selectedIndex=40 (#sunglasses)

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=shakespeare&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=3358D94337FD87480F9FBD02057699986A7F189F&selectedIndex=2 (image)

Works Cited

Totally real picture.