Презентация по английскому языку "Шекспир и его творения"

William Shakespeare The Bard of Avon

• Born in Stratford upon Avon

• Married at 18 to Ann Hathaway
• Had 3 children
• Late 1580s he left for London

• Shakespeare started work as an actor

• Between 1585 and 1592 he was also a writer and part owner of the “Lord Chaberlains Men”. (They became The King's Men in 1603 when James became King of England)

• He had 6 plays published by 1594

• The age of Shakespeare was an interesting time in English history.

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth I

(1558-1603) saw England emerge

as the leading naval and commercial

power of the Western world.

• England consolidated its position with the defeat

of the Spanish Armada in 1588,

• and Elizabeth firmly established the Church of

England begun by her father, King Henry VIII

(following Henry's dispute with the Pope over

having his first marriage annulled).

• Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the world and became the most celebrated English sea captain of his generation.

• European wars brought an influx of continental refugees into England, exposing people to new cultures.

• Shakespeare arrived in London in 1588. At that time, places like Euston and Paddington were tiny villages on the outskirts of England’s capital city. London itself covered just one square mile of land!

• Life in London was just like it is in any capital city today – hectic! People got around on foot or horseback – they crossed the river by boat as there was only one bridge.

• London Bridge was more than a convenient crossing in Shakespeare's time. It was a residential street and shopping centre too.

• The bridge's stone structure supported houses and shops built of timber and brick.

• A gate at the south end reminded Shakespeare and his fellow Londoners that Elizabethan justice could be harsh. The heads of executed criminals were displayed here.

• The average lifespan for men was 47
• But just 35 in London

• People in London were used to such violent sights. On a Law Day they might watch as many as 30 public executions.

• A good executioner could hang, draw and quarter a victim, pulling out the condemned person’s intestines and holding them up to their dying face . . .

• Sometimes, the people would choose to visit St. Mary’s of Bethlehem, or ‘Bedlam’ – the local lunatic asylum.

• They would then pay a penny for a sharp stick which could be used to poke the ‘lunatics’, provoking these poor people to ‘dance’!

• Southwark was just beyond the range of London's local law-makers. It was the haunt of the Elizabethan pleasure-seekers. Among their destinations were the Hope, Rose, Swan and Globe theatres.

• Public alehouses, bawdy houses, and bear-baiting pits also featured here.
• Establishments like these annoyed the authorities in Shakespeare's time, and were the focus for many an unruly crowd.

• This view of London is from the south of the river, from Southwark. You can see some of the theatres in the foreground of the picture.

• The Bear Garden (below) was not only a theatre but also a bear baiting pit.

• This picture shows what the Elizabethan theatres were like inside. Only a few members of the audience sat under cover. Most stood up in the open air.

The Globe Theatre

The Stage

The Gallery and the “groundlings”

The Plays

• Shakespeare wrote 38 plays (about 2 per year) …
• … and 154 sonnets…
• … 2 long narrative poems ...

• and an unknown number of long epic poems

The Plays

• Shakespeare has been translated into every living language

• His plays are performed more often than those of any other playwright

The Plays

• Shakespeare wrote between 1589 and 1613

• His early plays were mostly comedies and histories (to end of 16 th Century)

• Then mainly tragedies until 1609

• Finally tragi-comedies, romances and collaborations with other playwrights

The Plays

• Tragedy

• Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Othello King Lear Macbeath
• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet
• Othello
• King Lear
• Macbeath

• Comedy

• The Taming of the Shrew Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It 12 th Night Midsummer Night‘s Dream
• The Taming of the Shrew
• Much Ado About Nothing
• As You Like It
• 12 th Night
• Midsummer Night‘s Dream

• History

• Richard III Henery V
• Richard III
• Henery V

Language

• Grammar and spelling were less standardised

• Shakespeare‘s use of language shaped modern English

• Invented 32,000 words

• We use about 5,000 today eg

• Hot blooded
• Leapfrog
• With baited breath
• A foregone conclusion

Thank you!

Редькин П.Н.,

учитель английского языка

МОУ «СОШ №8 МО «Ахтубинский район»

г. Ахтубинск, Астраханской области

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