William Shakespeare

SHAKESPEARE

• He has been writing since 1592
• Greatest english speaking writer in history
• Know as England's national poet
• Had more theatrical works performed than anyone else.

SHAKESPEARE'S DEATH AND LEGACY

• 1623 his former colleagues published some of his plays
• Influenced english language more than other writer
• His tomb is located inside Stratford church

PLAYS AND POEMS

• His first narrative poem was venus and adonis
• His later works were not much appreciated
• His first play was written around 1592
• He penned the most famous of the 37 plays

WRITING STYLE

• Plays written in the conventional style of the day
• Had elaborate metaphors and rhetorical phrases
• Used a metrical pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter

ESTABLISHING HIMSELF

• 15/37 plays were written by 1597
• He came home once a year when theater was closed
• Him and his business partners built their own theater in 1605
• The investment made him 60 pounds a year

CITED PAGE

• Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2014. .
• William Shakespeare." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2014. .