February 2, 2011 Bellwork- Write at least three things you know (or think you know) about William Shakespeare. Agenda: Pray (Prayer Group @ 7:25 tomorrow) Turn in BEST LOTF AP Practice (single sheet) for a grade Notes on William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era REMINDERS: Thursday- Bring King Lear and Perrine book. Friday- Shakespeare Quiz; LOTF Final Essay Monday- King Lear Act I; Poetry Response on Romeo and Juliet sonnet
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February 2, 2011
Bellwork- Write at least three things you know (or think you know) about William Shakespeare.
Agenda: Pray (Prayer Group @ 7:25 tomorrow)
Turn in BEST LOTF AP Practice (single sheet) for a grade
Notes on William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era
REMINDERS: Thursday- Bring King Lear and Perrine book.
Friday- Shakespeare Quiz; LOTF Final Essay
Monday- King Lear Act I; Poetry Response on Romeo and Juliet sonnet
William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era
Shakespeare’s LifeBorn in April 23, 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon in England
Married Anne Hathaway (1582) when he was 18 and she was 26 (and pregnant- gasp!).
Had three children (a daughter and a set of fraternal twins, one of whom died at age 11)
Shakespeare was a successful member of Lord Chamberlain’s theater company
Become part owner of Globe Theatre in 1599 (Globe burns down in 1613)
Earth is center of universeThe Fall explained deficient universeSuperlunary (above moon, perfect, unchanging)Sublunary (below moon, imperfect, disease, death)
The Great Chain of Being (Philosophical)- OVERHEAD
Shakespeare uses primates to elevate charactersHumans link between angels (pure reason) and animals (pure “passion”)Humans have three souls
Vegetative (liver)Animal (heart)Rational (brain)
The Six Hierarchies
The Six Hierarchies
PoliticalKingNoblesAristocratsCitizens
SocialFatherMotherChildrenPatriarchal nuclear family (woman belonged to father then husband)Shakespeare sympathetic with rebellious children and assertive women
The Six Hierarchies
Microcosm (Psychological)Human being/individualDisorder in microcosm leads to disorder in macrocosmRational soul rules microcosm
The Six Hierarchies
Theory of Humors (Medical)All humans contain the four humors in their bloodPredominance of one humor = personality type
Black bile = melancholyPhlegm = apathetic, lethargicBlood = sanguine (cheerful, optimistic)Yellow bile = choleric (hot-tempered, ambitious)
Quiz Friday
Know biographical info on WS
Basic info on the Globe Theatre
Know the six hierarchies (be able to match each one to its “type” and to describe Great Chain of Being and Theory of Humors)
Basic info on Queen Elizabeth
Shakespearean Sonnets
14-line poem, usually focused on love, time, beauty3 quatrains, 1 couplet