shakespeare

shakespeare birthdate/place

April 23, 1564 in stratford upon Avon, UK

died around the same time in 1616

shakespeare education

Attended Stratford King's Grammar School

• taught boys basic reading and writing

Shakespeare marriage

November 28th 1582

Married Anne Hathaway of Stratford

• Anne was 26 and he was 18

Shakespeare children

First child - susana

• baptized in Stratford sometime in may 1583

Twins - Hamnet and Judith

• born in February 1585
• Hamnet, William's only son, died in 1596 at just 11 years old

Shakespeare rise to fame

Shakespeare was established in London as a playwright and a poet in 1592

January of 1593 - theaters in London closed because of the plague

remained closed until spring of 1594 -Wrote much of his poetry during this time

Shakespeare career

December of 1594 - started a new theater company called The Lord Chamberlain’s Men with Will Kemp, Richard Burbage, and 4 other people

1599 - Lord Chamberlain's Men had become the most popular acting group in London

The Globe

1599 - The Theater (a popular theater owned by James Burbage) was dismantled because of property rights and rebuilt along the Thames River

• renamed The Globe - Shakespeare became co-owner of the new theater and became wealthy

How many plays did shakespeare write

36-37

shakespearian tragedies…

always end in death

shakespearian comedies…

always end in a twist of love

What is a Shakespearian sonnet

fourteen lines - 10 syllables pre line

iambic pentameter

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyming scheme

format of shakespearian sonnet

Three quatrains (3*4 lines) and a couplet (2 lines with end rhymes)

Rhyme scheme - ABAB CDCD, EFEF GG

i.e. alternate rhymes + a rhyming couplet

Volta's placement is more flexible and could come at any point after the mid-section of the poem

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? / Deny thy father and refuse thy name! / Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, / And I'll no longer be a Capulet."

Who says this and the meaning?

• juliet
• this means that she wants romeo to give up his name as a montegue. otherwise if he didn't want to do so, all he would need to do is swear his love to her and she would give up her name as a capulet

"With love's wings did I o'perch these walls; / For stony limits cannot hold love out, / And what love can do, that dares love attempt. / ==Therefore== thy kinsmen are no let to me."

who says this and the meaning?

• romeo
• juliet told him that her kinsmen will kill him if and when they see him there. he tells her that love can surmount any obstacle and challenge, and it was the power of love that he used to get to her.

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! / Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, / Who is already sick and pale with grief that thou her maid art more fair than she."

who says this and what is the meaning?

• romeo
• he sees her standing on the balcony and compares her beauty to that of the sun. he tells her she's more beautiful than the moon, which he describes as envious and sick with grief. he uses symbolism and metaphors to convey the depth of his feelings for juliet.

marriage during the 1500s

marriages were arranged to benefit both families involved

• financially, properties, wealth

women had very little, if any, choice in who her husband might be. It was considered foolish to marry because you were in love.

Romeo

son of Montague

falls in love with Juliet

extremely lovesick

• in love with rosaline first

believes in love at first sight

Juliet

Daughter of Capulet

falls in love with romeo

pulled away from childhood when her mother tells her she Is of age to get married

• does not want to marry the people her parents force upon her

Lady Capulet

Juliet's mother, Capulet's wife

A woman who herself married young (by her own estimation she gave birth to Juliet at close to the age of fourteen)

eager to see juliet marry Paris

ineffectual mother, relying on the Nurse for moral and pragmatic support.

Paris

A handsome count who is a kinsman of Prince Escalus

boring, pompous, and obsequious but wealthy

Capulet believes that if Juliet marries him, their family's fortunes and social standing will advance.

Rosaline

never appears onstage

at the start of the play, Romeo's latest romantic obsession despite the fact that she has taken a vow of chastity

When Romeo meets Juliet, however, he forgets all about his unrequited love for Rosaline.

Tybalt

Capulet's nephew and Juliet's cousin

a duelist whose skills with a rapier (sword) have gained him widespread renown

temper is equally as famous as his talent

• Hotheaded, brash, and devoutly loyal to his house

hates all Montagues and longs to kill them on sight.

Friar Lawrence

philosophical friar of Verona who keeps finding himself as an arbiter between the two families

Romeo and Juliet like the friar and come to him separately on several occasions for advice and favors

clearly uncomfortable with his role as arbiter, but at the same time, he longs to bring peace to his community, and believes that in uniting Romeo and Juliet he may be able to end the fight between their families

marries romeo and juliet secretly in hopes of bringing all of Verona together, blind to what the larger consequences of his actions may be.

Nurse

Juliet's faithful confidante and loyal intermediary in Juliet's affair with Romeo

has been caring for Juliet since she was born

loves Juliet deeply and, though employed by Juliet's parents, Capulet and Lady Capulet, often goes against them in order to do what Juliet wants or needs of her.

Mercutio

one of the play's most dynamic and complex characters

Wild, frenetic, easygoing, and fun-loving, Mercutio's manic energy, rambling stories, and razor-sharp wit masks a much darker core

quick with words and is one of the play's most skilled masters of puns and wordplay—he is always ready with a scandalous joke or a bawdy tale

but deep down, the play suggests that Mercutio is long past tired of his role as Romeo's jester.

Benevolio

Romeo's cousin, a Montague and friend to Mercutio

wants to avoid confrontation

presented throughout the play as cautious and careful

Capulet

obsessed with appearances and social standing, and is willing to put the grudge aside in order to create the illusion of calm

One such instance of this occurs when Tybalt suggests brawling with the Montagues in the middle of the Capulets' annual masquerade, and Capulet orders him to refrain in order to keep up appearances

plans to use his only daughter, Juliet, in order to advance their family's social capital by marrying her off to Paris.

Romeo and Juliet setting

Verona, Italy in the fourteenth century

themes in romeo and juliet

• the power of emotions such as love and hatred
• fate - the play describes how they fact that they were bound to die drives their experiences. any time they tried to outsmart their fate it ended in tragedy
• familial duties and tradition - romeo and juliet had individual responsibilities that they are bound to, no matter what they try and use to defy this. they always find themselves trapped within their responsibilities, and they die when they try to defy them.

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