Shakespeare notes
Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford on
Abon, England
His dad was a farmer (john Shakespeare)
Was a wool merchant, pounced gloves, money lender, etc. became
Lord Mara Stratford
Mary Arden was from an ancient family went back to aglow Saxons even before the
Norman
.
Henslowe St
Shakespeare attended the pity school
Kids only attended school until 14 or 15
HAMLET
To be or not to be that is the question
Most popular play
1599-1601 (1603) printed copy and unauthorized
Lines were very different in the bad quarto
Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most preformed play
Bigger role than any other Shakespeare play.
Hamlet” searchg for justice
Shakespeare’s inspiration for dark lady sonnets
Global need for cheap labor made Europeans believe that enslaved
African Americans or the profits made from A. A
Would help their ever growing economy
Queen Elizabeth 111 started and exhibition to
Africa to engage in a British act
Locals believed that the “dark lady” was an enslaved African American woman
An African woman in
London might have been a candidate
The first poem
Venus and Adonis was Shakespeare’s play.
It was written near the time of the black plague and some
Believed he wrote it because he needed money
The poem explained about two characters who were ‘
In love and eventually Adonis was killed by a boar while hunting
Adonis hated Venus but Venus LOVED Adonis
The poem dedicated to Henrie V’Vriothefley (upper class)
Shakespeare early years
Small town writer
First daughter Susanna 1583 ( led to marriage)
1585 had twins Hamlet and Judith
Shakespeare was 18 Anne was 26
School teacher, lawyer, many foggy beliefs