1. February 2, 2011 Bellwork- Write at least three things you know (or think you know) about William Shakespeare. Agenda: Pray (Prayer Group @ 7:25 tomorrow) Turn in BEST LOTF AP Practice (single sheet) for a grade Notes on William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era REMINDERS: Thursday- Bring King Lear and Perrine book. Friday- Shakespeare Quiz; LOTF Final Essay Monday- King Lear Act I; Poetry Response on Romeo and Juliet sonnet

2. William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era

3. Shakespeare’s Life Born in April 23, 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon in England Married Anne Hathaway (1582) when he was 18 and she was 26 (and pregnant- gasp!). Had three children (a daughter and a set of fraternal twins, one of whom died at age 11) Shakespeare was a successful member of Lord Chamberlain’s theater company Become part owner of Globe Theatre in 1599 (Globe burns down in 1613) Died on his birthday in 1616 at age 52. The Early Years The Globe Theatre

4. Elizabethan World Picture Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare

5. The Six Hierarchies Macrocosm (Scientific) Earth is center of universe The Fall explained deficient universe Superlunary (above moon, perfect, unchanging) Sublunary (below moon, imperfect, disease, death)

6. The Six Hierarchies The Great Chain of Being (Philosophical)- OVERHEAD Shakespeare uses primates to elevate characters Humans link between angels (pure reason) and animals (pure “passion”) Humans have three souls Vegetative (liver) Animal (heart) Rational (brain)

7. The Six Hierarchies Political King Nobles Aristocrats Citizens Social Father Mother Children Patriarchal nuclear family (woman belonged to father then husband) Shakespeare sympathetic with rebellious children and assertive women

8. The Six Hierarchies Microcosm (Psychological) Human being/individual Disorder in microcosm leads to disorder in macrocosm Rational soul rules microcosm

9. The Six Hierarchies Theory of Humors (Medical) All humans contain the four humors in their blood Predominance of one humor = personality type Black bile = melancholy Phlegm = apathetic, lethargic Blood = sanguine (cheerful, optimistic) Yellow bile = choleric (hot-tempered, ambitious)

10. Quiz Friday Know biographical info on WS Basic info on the Globe Theatre Know the six hierarchies (be able to match each one to its “type” and to describe Great Chain of Being and Theory of Humors) Basic info on Queen Elizabeth

11. Shakespearean Sonnets 14-line poem, usually focused on love, time, beauty 3 quatrains, 1 couplet Often there is a shift in the third quatrain Rhyme scheme: ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG Rhymed iambic pentameter Five “feet” of unstressed-stressed meter

12. The Palmer’s Sonnet from R & J T (Title) P (Paraphrase) C (Connotation): Focus on sonnet form, extended metaphor (conceit- An elaborate or unusual comparison), diction A (Attitude) S (Shift) T (Title) T (Theme)

13. Review of Aristotle’s Tragedy Plot whole (beginning, middle, end) structurally self-contained of a certain magnitude peripeteia and anagnorisis Character nobility hamartia hubris fall of great person from fortune to misfortune- sudden and ends in death

14. Tragedy cont. World Universe is in disorder Balance between belief in order and belief that world is absurd produces great tragedy Audience Response arouses pity/terror sense of sympathy for tragic figure