William shakespeare

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare

Way of life…

• Born April 23 or 26 1564- died April 26, 1616
• Stratford-upon-Avon
• 3rd of 8 children
• Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare
• Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner
• John—glove maker, local politician

Attended King’s New School

• Attended King’s New School

in Stratford

Educated in:

• Rhetoric
• Logic
• History
• Latin

• Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway
• Had twins in 1585
• Sometime between 1585-1592, he moved to London and began working in theatre.
• Poet
• Playwright
• Actor

THEATRE CAREER

Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men under Queen Elizabeth I

Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor

Later called the King’s Men under King James I

Burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays

What happened between 1593-1594 to theater companies?

SHAKESPEARE’S LANGUAGE

• Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”
• EME was not very different from “Modern English
• In Shakespeare’s time, everyone loved the English language.
• There were no grammar rules, punctuation keys, OR spelling!
• The language was evolving and everyday new words were being made up.
• Shakespeare’s language reflects this freedom and experimentation.

• A mix of old and very new
• Rural and urban words/images
• Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble
• How many words did he use?
• 30,000
• How many words do we use today?
• 6,000-15,000

The first full collection of Shakespeare’s work was published in 1623, seven years after his death.

• The first full collection of Shakespeare’s work was published in 1623, seven years after his death.
• It was called “First Folio”
• It contained 36 plays (compiled by John Heminge and Henry Condell--friends and fellow actors of Shakespeare’s)

The play is set in motion when Othello, a heroic black general in the service of Venice, appoints Cassio and not Iago as his chief lieutenant. Jealous of Othello’s success and envious of Cassio, Iago plots Othello’s downfall by falsely implicating Othello’s wife, Desdemona, and Cassio in a love affair. With the unwitting aid of Emilia, his wife, and the willing help of Roderigo, a fellow malcontent, Iago carries out his plan.
Making use of a handkerchief belonging to Desdemona and found by Emilia when Othello has unwittingly dropped it, Iago persuades Othello that Desdemona has given the handkerchief to Cassio as a love token. Iago also induces Othello to eavesdrop on a conversation between himself and Cassio that is in fact about Cassio’s mistress, Bianca, but which Othello is led to believe concerns Cassio’s infatuation with Desdemona.
These slender “proofs” confirm what Othello has been all too inclined to believe—that, as an older black man, he is no longer attractive to his young white Venetian wife. Overcome with jealousy, Othello kills Desdemona. When he learns from Emilia, too late, that his wife is blameless, he asks to be remembered as one who “loved not wisely but too well” and kills himself.

THEME

• The Incompatibility of military
• Heroism and love.
• The danger of isolation and jealousy

CONCLUSION

• Love consumes all those who takes part in it and Othello’s case. Love for Desdemona has blinded him. And it gave Lago a chance to currupt him so easily.The wicked emotion of jealousy not only resulted in the death of Othello’s main characters, but also it caused the sudden death of innocent characters as well.