Shakespeare Week 2

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Shakespeare 

Week 2
Shakespeare's London

The Shakespearean Sonnet

In Class Today

- Random Student Reading of Sonnet 

- Information on Shakespeare's London

- The Shakespearean Sonnet 

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Shakespeare's London

Week 48

Take a guess: The current population of London is 8.1 million, in 1530 there lived...

1. 50.000 people
2. 100.000 people
3. 200.000 people
4. 250.000 people

Take a guess: a huge fire occured in London in 1666, what percentage of the city burned down?

1. 40%
2. 60%
3. 80%
4. 100%

16th Century London

- religion changed depending on ruler (catholic < > protestant)

- Elizabeth loved plays: lots of theatres were built

- 1530: 50.000 people  >  1605: 225.000 people in London

London in the 16th Century

Shakespeare's Sonnets

What is a Sonnet?

Fourteen lines: 

All sonnets have 14 lines, which can be broken down into four sections called quatrains.

Rhyme

A strict rhyme scheme: 

The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet, for example, is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG (note the four distinct sections in the rhyme scheme).

Rhythm 

Written in iambic pentameter: 

Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, a poetic meter with 10 beats per line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.

Shakespeare

- Take a look at the content (inhoud) of the reader.

- Pick one of the sonnets from the reader. 

- Be prepared to give a reading of and some information on the poem in class. 

- Continue working on Stepping Stones