ART DECO PRESENTATION

SHAKESPEARE's world

Claudia Chiariello IV I

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Indice

05. Macbeth

01. Life

06. Lady Macbeth vs Juliet

02. Works

03. The ShakeSpeare's Globe

07. Thanks

04. Romeo and Juliet

section 01

SHakespeare's Life

- William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon. He was the son of a rich merchant, who gave him a good education. - He married a woman, Anne Hatway and they had three children, About Shakespeare's life from 1584 we don't know nothing (lost years)- The poet was active in London as an actor and playwright. - He worked for a company founded by Lord Chamberlain. - In 1599 the company found the money to build their own playhouse, called "The Globe". He died in the same day of his born.

Works

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, 36 of which are contained in the First Folio Edition, and they are divided in 3 categories: Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. We can also divide Shakespeare's Canon in sub groups:

English history Plays

They talk about the reigns of English kings from 12 th to the 16 th centuries. (Richard III)

Roman plays:

These plays are taken from Roman history we have characters cui as Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra. These are all set in Rome

Comedies

Many of these take inspiration from Italian short stories (novelle), involve marriages, mistaken identities and they have happy ending. (The Merchant of Venice)

Problem plays/ Dark comedies

They are characterized by their complex and ambiguous tone, which shifts violently between more straightforward comic material and dark, psychological drama. Shakespeare's problem plays eschew the traditional trappings of both comedy and tragedy, and are sometimes cited as early predecessors to the tragicomedy.

Tragedy

A Shakespearean tragedy is a specific type of tragedy (a written work with a sad ending where the hero either dies or ends up mentally, emotionally, or spiritually devastated beyond recovery). A tragic hero is one of the most significant elements of a Shakespearean tragedy. This type of tragedy is essentially a one-man show. It is a story about one, or sometimes two, characters. The hero may be either male or female and he or she must suffer because of some flaw of character, because of inevitable fate, or both.

Shakespeare's Globe

The original Globe Theatre opened in the fall of 1599 on the south bank of the Thames River, across from central LondonThe Theatre was among the first playhouses in England since Roman times. The Globe, which opened in 1599, became the playhouse where audiences first saw some of Shakespeare’s best-known plays. In 1613, it burned to the ground when the roof caught fire during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. People standing in the yard were known as Groundlings, they were too poor to pay to be able to sit on one of the three levels of the theatre.

Romeo and Juliet

SOURCES: ARTUR BROOKE "THE TRAGICAL HISTORYE OF ROMEUS AND JULIET

It is a tragic love story where the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are supposed to be sworn enemies but fall in love. Due to their families' ongoing conflict, they cannot be together, so they kill themselves because they cannot cope with being separated from one another.

Macbeth

SOURCES: HONLISHED'S CHRONICLES, REGINALD SCOT'S DISCOVERY OF WITCHCRAFT AND DAEMONOLOGIE

A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that he will one day become kings of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and driven to action by his wife, Macbeth kills King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. At the end, he is killed from Malcom, and her wife killed herself.

Lady Macbeth vs Juliet

Juliet

Lady Macbeth

1. Innocent, shy, obedient (begging of the story)
2. Brave, indipendent and courageous (at the end of the story)
3. She act in the name of the love for Romeo

1. She is the evil of the story
2. Ambitious, dangerous, intelligent
3. She acts for the power

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Thanks!