2. Parents- John Shakespeare and Mary Arden Children- Joan, Margaret, William, Gilbert, Joan, Anne, Richard, and Edmund William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway Married Anne when she was 26 and he was only 18 Children- Susanna and twins, Hamnet and Judith Hamnet died at age eleven Biography: Family
3. Born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon No one knows his exact birthday Lived in a Tudor House The street was covered with an uneven stone surface and was full of people, carts, animals, and garbage John Shakespeare Glover- made and sold gloves and other leather gloves Couldn’t write Shakespeare attended the King Edward VI Grammar School Learned little Latin and Greek Biography: Birthplace
4. Nothing known of William Shakespeare between 1585-1592 Legends: Shakespeare left Stratford for London after being caught poaching deer Shakespeare left Stratford for London to begin his theatrical career minding horses before the playhouses 1592- He was in London writing plays Biography: Lost Years
5. Shakespeare lived in London while his wife and children lived in a mansion in Stratford-upon-Avon He did his writing in London He went back and forth between the two towns Biography: London
6. Many people feel that someone other than William Shakespeare wrote the plays and poems published under his name Oxfordians are the source of the debate Shakespeare scholars find that their claims are not based on fact Authorship
7. Authorship: Reasons why Shakespeare might not have been the author No poet-dramatist from England wrote about his death His will was very thorough, but didn’t include any books or manuscripts In school, he only learned small Latin and a little Greek His plays have French, Italian, Latin, and Greek Plays represent Renaissance art He did not go to a higher level school to learn this knowledge Open minded and wide ranged for his time period
8. Proof that he wrote Venus and Adonis Dedicated to Earl of Southampton and later The Rape of Lucrece was dedicated to the same man Romeo and Juliet, Titus, Henry IV were attributed to Shakespeare Also attributed to Edward Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere of Oxford Said to have written some of Shakespeare's plays and poems Authorship
9. Different Types of Work King John Tragedies Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Julius Caesar Comedies The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew History Richard III, King John Poetry Sonnets A Lover’s Complaint
10. Popular Plays Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Julius Caeser King Henry the Fourth Part I King Leer Macbeth Merchant of Venice Othello, the Moor of Venice Romeo and Juliet The Tempest Twelfth Night
12. About Shakespeare Sonnet 20 Sexuality Wrote many sonnets about his love for a young man Sonnet 20 There are only two portraits of him Racist Anti-Semitic towards Jews Lived through the black death epidemic which killed 33,000 people
13. William Shakespeare invented more than 1,700 words Arouse Bedroom Eyeball Majestic Undress Laughable Lonely Cold-blooded Worthless Bedroom Inventions
14. Phrases “If you have ever refused to budge an inch” “Tongue tied” “In a pickle” “See better days” “Laughing yourself to stitches” Inventions
15. Had the ability to describe a lot with not many words Great story teller Many different categories Stories can relate to all periods of time Why did Shakespeare impact the world?
16. Has been credited with being the best playwright and poet ever Has been said to shape the English language into what it is today Added words to the English language Influenced many other authors and poets Many of his phrases are still popular today “It’s all Greek to me” What he left behind…
