5H Lit - Renaissance & Shakespeare

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LITERATURE

The Renaissance &

William Shakespeare

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Today's lesson


  • The Renaissance

History / Important people / Characteristics


  • William Shakespeare

Life / Works

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King Henry VIII
  • Ruled from 1509 - 1547
  • Founder of the Church of England > 1534
  • Had 6 wives!

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Tudor England > Religious Struggle
  • 1534 Establishment of The Church of England
  • The Reformation: Catholics vs Protestants
  • Martyrs

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Queen Elizabeth I
  • Ruled from 1558 - 1603
  • The Virgin Queen
  • Civil War (1642-1651)

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Renaissance

Slide 8 - Mind map

The Renaissance
  • Cultural and intellectual movement
  • Art (painting / music / literature)
  • Thought (philosophy / religion)
  • Renewed interest in the classics
  • 14th century Italy >> end of 15th century in England

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Middle Ages vs The Renaissance
  • What changed?
  • collective vs individual
  • theocentric vs humanistic
  • dogmatic belief vs critical investigation
  • MEMENTO MORI vs CARPE DIEM

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Literature
  • 1476
  • The printing press
  • William Caxton
  • Lyrical poetry vs Narrative poetry
  • Sonnets
  • The Golden Age of English Literature 1580 - 1630

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William Shakespeare
  • 1564-1616 (Stratford-on-Avon)
  • actor / writer / businessman
  • 154 sonnets
  • 37 plays

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Shakespeare's plays
  • Three types: comedy - tragedy - history play
  • Famous comedies: As You Like It / A Midsummernight's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing
  • Famous tragedies: Romeo and Juliet / Hamlet / Macbeth / Othello / King Lear
  • Famous history plays: Richard III / Henry V

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Shakespeare: Master of Language and Literature
  • used a variety of sources: classical, historical, contemporary 
  • turned existing subject-matter into something new and unique 
  • showed deep understanding of human nature 

  • was a master of language: invented 1,700 common words 
  • produced some of the most famous quotations in English
  • “To be or not to be, that’s the question”

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Slide 17 - Video

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Who is this?
A
Queen Elizabeth I
B
Gloriana
C
The Virgin Queen
D
Queen Mary I

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When was the Church of England established?
A
1485
B
1534
C
1558
D
1603

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Which motto fits the Renaissance best?
A
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus
B
Memento mori
C
Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam
D
Carpe diem

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How many plays did Shakespeare write?
A
36
B
37
C
38
D
39

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What always happens in a Shakespeare tragedy?

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