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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare remains a pivotal figure in literature due to his universal themes, timeless insights, and beautiful language. His plays and sonnets explore deep human emotions, moral dilemmas, and the complexities of love and ambition. Through works like "Sonnet 18" and "Macbeth," Shakespeare delves into the nuances of life, death, and the human condition, revealing truths that resonate across ages. His adaptability allows for reinterpretation, ensuring his relevance in a contemporary context, while his lyrical style enchants readers and audiences alike.

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William Shakespeare

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  1. William Shakespeare Unit 3B

  2. Why Shakespeare is Great • Greatest • 2. Universality • Timelessness • Beauty • Adaptability • Age, time

  3. About Shakespeare’s Life • 154 • Birthplace • Education • Hathaway • Playwright • - 154 • - plays • Christian

  4. His Career • King’s, Globe • Money • - mature • - complex • - dialogue

  5. His Philosophy • What, content • How, style • - functional • - explicit • - moral tone • Theme, purpose • Realism, lovely, respect

  6. Random Facts • Performed • Longest • all honorificabilitudinitatibus

  7. Sonnets • Autobiographical, sequences • - fatherly • - faults • - Cupid

  8. “Sonnet 18” • Best • Man differ, death • Sun, sun going behind the clouds • The sonnet • Life • Yes, Shakespeare’s sonnet lives, and it does give life to the subject. • English, 3 quatrains and a couplet • Italian • - But

  9. “Sonnet 73” • Paradox • Autumn • children

  10. “Sonnet 116” • Love, time • Argument • - 18 • Faithful • Faithfulness and endurance—True love accepts without seeking to change the other person. Time and circumstances do not change true love. • Grim Reaper

  11. “Sonnet 146” • Lady • Death, beauty, inner • Apostrophe • Priorities • The body • Religious • Italian • Slave, inversely • More, eternal • Buildings • Death • Paradox, physical, fear

  12. Terms • Opposition • Truth • “To Be or Not to Be” • Real • Dressing • Universal • Tragic flaw

  13. General Information about the Play • Tragedies • Banquo • Scotland • Destiny, soul, monster, fall • Tragedy, triumphs, Biblical

  14. Act I, scene i • Tone, pathetic • - weird, fate • - fates • - not, same, Scripture, not • - conflict, chorus • + reversal • + paradox • + order • + reality

  15. Act I, scene ii • Begins, order • King • Hest • Loyal • ** villain • blood

  16. Act I, scene iii • Ironic, victorious, stormy, Macbeth • King • - prophecies • Banquo • - paradox • - foils • Fulfilled, obsessed • Truths, opposite • intentions

  17. Act I, scene iv • Execution • Irony • Repented, soul, escape

  18. Act I, scene v • Letter, kill • Guiding • Feminine, order • Soliloquy, evil, willingly, no, innocent, evil • Memorable • - antithesis • - ambition, flaw • - Great Chain, Being • - Eve, Jezebel • - After • - Before • builds

  19. Act I, scene vi • Castle • Mood • Birds • Ironic • - horror

  20. Act I, scene vii • Consequences, death • Guest • Crossbow, arrow • Ambition, regicide

  21. Act II, Scene i • Evil • Good • -honor • -conscience • -loyalty • Dagger • Evil, off, bloody, evil • Reality, literal, abstract • Bell, hell • Conflicted, sees the horror of the deed which he is planning

  22. Act II, scene ii • The groom’s snoring, Macbeth’s descent on the stairs, the owl’s scream, the cricket’s cry, the knocking within • Father • Kills • “amen,” hell, mad • Sleep, innocence • Knocking, horror • Pilate, irony • Lady Macbeth • Lady Macbeth- calm, Macbeth- horrified

  23. Act II, scene iii • Evils, prose, Language • Upset • Macduff, dawn • Temple, holy • Servants • afraid

  24. Act II, scene iv • Falcon, owl • Pathetic fallacy • Order • Macbeth

  25. Act III: The Murder of Banquo

  26. Act III, scene i • King • Fulfilled • Banquo’s, Fleance’s • Banquo, Fleance • Malcolm, Donalbain • Irony • Feelings of jealousy because he has no male heirs, and he is afraid that Banquo’s son Fleance will succeed him as king according to the witches’ prophecy

  27. Act III, scene ii • Bolder, despair • Futile, protectiveness, true • Sleep, Duncan’s • Night, darkness • Hide, wife’s, life, death

  28. Act III, scene iii • Macbeth’s, Banquo, Fleance • Third, Macbeth • Banquo, Fleance, turns, children, failure • Turning point, conscience, crown • Death • death, order

  29. Act III, scene iv • Banquet, ensnare, reverse, ghost, avenge, ghost • Banquo’s, Fleance’s • Blood • Banquo, irony, returns, irony, theme • Fit, dismiss, order, symbolic • Supernatural, downfall • Banquo’s, Hecate • Supernatural, foreboding • Nature, crimes • Banquo’s, Duncan, Banquo, Banquo, ambition, bloodshed • Banquo, villain, James I • seek

  30. Act III, scene v • Thunder, lightning • Pathetic fallacy • Hecate, Greek • Rhyme • Foreshadows, security

  31. Act III, scene vi • Objective, ironic • Ironic, Duncan • After, killed, killing, Macduff • ideal Vs.

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