WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: XVI CENTURY EUROPE

William

Shakespeare

https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Stratford-upon-Avon/277921

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1564 - 1616

16th century Europe

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CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING UNIT (UNIDAD DIDÁCTICA CLIL) 2018/19 ENGLISH

IES VEGA DE ATARFE (GRANADA)

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Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Scotland

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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, ENGLAND, where he died at the age of 52. .

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He was an English poet, playwright and actor,

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William Shakespeare is considered both the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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There is a poem on Shakespeare's tomb

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It is not a poem, it is a CURSE

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Shakespeare was a devout Catholic

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We know her mother was a Catholic but at that time practising Catholicism in England was against the law. So we don’t know about Shakespeare's religious beliefs, he could be a Catholic or a Protestant.

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The playhouse in london was called Lord Chamberlain's Men

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It was called The Globe, opened in 1599. In 1613, it burned to the ground when the roof caught fire during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII. A new, second Globe was quickly built on the same site, opening in 1614.

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Shakespeare only wrote plays: tragedies, comedies,romances & historical plays

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He was also a poet. He wrote more than 150 sonnets and 3 long poems.They deal with love and friendship.

Sonnet 18

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He wrote brilliant tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet,Macbeth, Othello.

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His tragedies are dark stories about heroically unhappy characters, doomed romances, jealousy, madness and power. Characters always live an unfortunate ending.

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Shakespeare's comedies are his most popular plays.

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They are bright and breezy stories with characters in disguise who play with words and false identities.The plays often end with a wedding or a dance.

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