shakespeare sonnet writing ( 16/17 years)

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Shakespeare,
What do you know?

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
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Shakespeare's life (1564 - 1616)

• April 1564: born in Stratford-upon-Avon
  
• November 1582: marries Anne Hathaway
  
• May 1583: daughter Susanna born
  
• early 1585: twins Judith and Hamnet born
  
• c. 1585: begins acting career in London
  
• c. 1592: well-known dramatist in London
  
• August 1596: son Hamnet dies
  
• c. 1610: retires to Stratford, buys a large house there
  
• 23 April 1616: dies in Stratford
  

Shakespearean Comedies

1. A struggle of young lovers overcoming difficulty

2. A separation and reunification

3. Mistaken identities

4. Frequent use of puns and wordplay

5. A clever servant or friend

6. Story ends with marriage(s)

Shakespearean Tragedies

1. Tragic flaw

2. Supernatural elements

3. Revenge

4. An internal struggle

5. External pressure

6. Story ends with (mass) death

Guess: How many plays (toneelstukken) did Shakespeare write?

1. 31
2. 37
3. 49
4. 54

How many sonnets (gedichten) did Shakespeare write?

1. 154
2. 265
3. 765
4. 5

Sonnets

- Shakespeare's main form of poetry

- 14-line poem 

- 1609: Shakespeare's Sonnets = 154 poems

- Focused on love, devotion, delight, pride

- Or darker themes: shame, disgust, fear

This is one of Shakespeare's sonnets turned into a rap. 

Watch and learn.

Shakespeare-Quiz

Life and times

When was Shakespeare born?

1. 1492
2. 1066
3. 1564
4. 1619

Who did he marry when he was 18 years old?

1. Anne Boleyn
2. Anne of the green Gables
3. Queen Anne
4. Anne Hathaway

In which theatre were most of Shakespeare's plays performed?

1. Circus theater
2. The Royal Albert Hall
3. O2 Arena
4. The Globe

Why did the Globe have to close?
Because of...

1. The Black Plague
2. The Spanish Flu
3. The Spanish Inquisition
4. Covid-19

Romeo and Juliet is

1. a tragedy
2. a historic play
3. a comedy
4. a sonnet

Which English words were first used by Shakespeare?

1. Fair play
2. A heart of gold
3. Love is blind
4. Gossip

What do you remember
from Shakespeare?

A sonnet:

• is a poem of 14 lines
• it has a specific rhyme scheme
• the first line rhymes with the third line
• the second line with the fourth line and so on
• a sonnet has 3 sets of four lines, called a quatrain
• the last 2 lines are called a couplet
• Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets
• sonneto (italian) means song

 Look at modern day sonnets & discuss these with eachother.

 What sort of rhyming scheme is used in a Shakespearean sonnet?