William Shakespeare

Index1. Objective2. Biography3. Plays4. Comedies 5. Tragedies6. Poems 7. Otelo8. Hamlet9. Romeo y Julieta 10. Conclusion.

Objective

Let's talk about literature William Shakespeare

Biography

Born: 26 April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

Died: 23 April 1616 (aged 52) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

Occupation: Playwright, poet, actorNationality:EnglishPeriod : English RenaissanceSpouse: Anne Hathaway (m. 1582–1616)Children:Susanna HallHamnet ShakespeareJudith QuineyRelative(s):John Shakespeare (father)Mary Shakespeare (mother)

Plays

-To understand the Shakespearean play , is not necessary to have lived in the sixteenth century.-Anyone can feel identified with their Plays.

Comedies

-All's Well That Ends Well -As You Like It-The Comedy of Errors-Love's Labour's Lost-Measure for Measure -The Merchant of Venice-The Merry Wives of Windsor-A Midsummer Night's Dream-Much Ado About Nothing-Pericles, Prince of Tyre -The Taming of the Shrew-The Tempest -Twelfth Night-The Two Gentlemen of Verona-The Two Noble Kinsmen -The Winter's Tale

Tragedies

-Romeo and Juliet-Coriolanus-Titus Andronicus -Timon of Athens -Julius Caesar-Macbeth -Hamlet-Troilus and Cressida -King Lear-Othello-Antony and Cleopatra-Cymbeline

Poems

-Shakespeare's sonnets-Venus and Adonis-The Rape of Lucrece-The Passionate Pilgrim[nb 5]-The Phoenix and the Turtle-A Lover's Complaint

Otelo

- Otelo: The “Moro” of Venice, is a tragedy written around 1603. - Described the “Moro” and other dark-skinned people avoiding any discussion about Islam in the play.

Hamlet

- The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

- This is a play theatrical, the gender isTragedy.

- William Shakespeare based his Hamlet on two sources: - The legend of a lost Amleth. - Elizabethan play.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

- Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy.

- Two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.

- Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity.

Conclusion