Shakespeare
Published on Nov 20, 2015
Historical plays and sonnets
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HISTORICAL PLAYS
- Shakespear had many historical plays
- Such as Richard II; Henrey the IV part one and two
- Henrey the V; Henrey VI part one, two and three
- And lastly Richard the III
- These plays depict the hundred year old war with France
HISTORICAL II
- Shakespeare did not write these plays in order
- These plays show the medieval power struggles
- Though these plays were based off of historical figures
- They are mostly made up of imagination.
- Scholars do not refer these plays as history plays
HISTORICAL PLAYS III
- Today we think of these historical figure the way he depicted them
- For example, we think as Richard the III as an evil psycho path
- And Henrey the V was the perfect model for kingship
- These plays show tops to the bottom viewings of society
- These plays also show the medieval politics
HISTORICAL IV
- After these plays were written, they were produced
- Rival theaters would send people to copy write these plays
- These plays were not medieval society
- They were Elizabethan and Jacobean society
- Shakespeare was only truley writing the polotics and social doings
SONNETS
- Shakespeare's plays were written in sonnets
- Sonnets have 14 lines
- They must have a rhyming pattern
- Each must have 10 syllables
- A Sonnet is a form of poetry
