Shakespeare

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Shakespeare

• Janet Jensen

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Shakespeares Life

• Birth date April, 1563 in Stratford, England
• John Shakespeare, Leather and City gov.
• Mary Arden
• Grammar school
• 1582 Ann Hathaway
• 1592-1622
• 1613-Stratford

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Shakespeares Theatre

• Plague
• Many deaths
• Plays were written to please royalty
• Globe, The Theatre
• No lights. No women, Lower class audiences

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The History of the Play

• Romeo and Juliet was adapted from a poem written
  two hundred years before Shakespeare came on the
  scene. There is also a legend that there were
  two young people that indeed ran away together,
  were hunted down, and did kill themselves before
  they were found.
• The Poem has more substantial evidence.

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Pictures from Shakespeare
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Shakespearean Dress
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Romeo and Juliet Project
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Shakespeares Contribution to the Language

• He invented 32,000 words.
• We use about 5,000 today.
• He invented hot blooded,
• He invented phrases
• Leapfrog is an example of a compound word
  invented by Shakespeare.