1. 1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
2. 2. BIOGRAPHY William Shakespeare was a very important writer. He wrote 38 plays for the theatre. He wrote poetry too. He wrote 154 sonnets. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. His parents were Jonh Shakespeare and Mary Arden. He went to Stratford Grammar School. It provided him his first knowledge of grammar literature. He got married on the 28th of November in 1582 with Anne Hathaway.He had one son and two daughters. He went to London to be an actor. But he became famous for writing plays. He died in 1616.
3. 3. WRITINGS TRAGEDIES Romeo and Juliet: It tells the story of two young lovers who , despite opposition from his opponents families choose to marry. It's developed in the century XIV. Antony and Cleopatra(1607-1608); Hamlet (1600-1601); Julius Caesar(1599-1600); Macbeth(1605-1606)
4. 4. COMEDIES Cymbeline: This play, modeled after Boccaccio'sDecameron, is often classified as a romance. It features the beautiful Imogen, considered by many to be Shakespeare's most admirable female character. The comedy of Errors: (1592-1593); As you like it (1599-1600); Cimbeline(1609-1610); Measure for Measure (1604-1605); Twelfth Night (1599-1600)
5. 5. HISTORIES Richard III (1592-1593); Richard II(1595-1596); King John(1596-1597); Henry V(1598-1599); Henry VIII(1612-1613)
6. 6. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FAMOUS QUOTES To be, or not to be: that is the question. (Hamlet) Now is the winter of our discontert. (Richard III) A man can die but once. (Henry IV, Part 2) "A dish fit for the gods". - (Act II, Scene I)- JULIUS CAESAR If music be the food of love play on. (Twelfth Night)..
7. 7. I am one who loved not wisely but too well. (Othello) Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. (Much Ado about Nothing) Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. (A Midsummer Nights Dream) Nothing will come of nothing. (King Lear) We have seen better days. (Timon of Athens)
8. 8. As merry as the day is long ( Much Ado About Nothing ) There is nothing either good or bad ,but thinking makes it so ( Hamlet ) Love looks not with the eyes , but with the mind and therefore is winged cupid painted blind For ever and a day". - (Act IV, Scene I)- AS YOU LIKE IT Whats in a name? A rose by any name would smell as sweet. (Romeo and Juliet).
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