Презентация по английскому языку на тему:"Writers"

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  William Shakespeare
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  William Shakespeare is an English poet and playwright, often considered the greatest English-language writer and one of the best playwrights in the world. Often referred to as the national poet of England. The extant works, including some written jointly with other authors, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 4 poems and 3 epitaphs. Shakespeare's plays have been translated into all major languages and are staged more often than the works of other playwrights.
  

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  Biography
  William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon (Warwickshire) in 1564, baptized on April 26, the exact date of birth is unknown. Legend relates his birth to April 23: this date coincides with the precisely known day of his death. In addition, the day of St. George, the patron saint of England, is celebrated on April 23, and tradition could have specially timed the birth of the greatest national poet to this day.
  His father, John Shakespeare (1530-1601), was a wealthy craftsman (glover), often elected to various significant public positions. In 1565, John Shakespeare was an alderman, and in 1568 he was the bailiff (head of the city council). He did not attend church services, for which he paid large monetary fines.
  
  Shakespeare's mother, nee Mary Arden (1537-1608), belonged to one of the oldest Saxon families. In total, the couple had 8 children, William was born the third.
  

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  Family
  At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: daughter Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith.
  Susanna, Hamnet and Judith
  
  Anne Hathaway
  

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  Creativity
  In the mid-1590s, Shakespeare's transition from mocking and farcical comedies in his style to romantic works took place. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a witty mix of romance, fairy-tale magic and the life of a lower society. The next, also romantic, Shakespeare's comedy "The Merchant of Venice" contains a portrait of the vengeful Jewish moneylender Shylock, which reflected the racial prejudices of the Elizabethan Englishmen. The witty play "Much ado about Nothing", beautifully depicting life in the provinces "As you like it" and lively with fun "Twelfth Night" complement a number of Shakespeare's comedies [. After the lyrical "Richard II", almost entirely written in verse, Shakespeare introduced prose comedy into his chronicles "Henry IV, Parts 1" and 2, and "Henry V". His characters become more complex and tender, he very deftly switches between comic and serious scenes, prose and poetry, so that his mature works achieve narrative diversity.
  

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  This period was started and ended by tragedies: "Romeo and Juliet", the famous story of love and death of a girl and a boy, and "Julius Caesar", based on the "Comparative Biographies" of Plutarch.At the beginning of the XVII century, Shakespeare wrote several so-called "problem plays": "Measure for Measure", "Troilus and Cressida" and "All's Well that ends Well", as well as a number of the most famous tragedies. Many critics believe that the tragedies of this period represent the peak of Shakespeare's work. Hamlet, the title character of one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, is perhaps the most researched character of this playwright; this is especially true of the famous soliloquy, beginning "To be or not to be, that's the question." Unlike the introverted Hamlet, the hesitant hero, the heroes of the subsequent tragedies, King Lear and Othello, suffer from too hasty decisions. Shakespeare's tragedy is often based on the shortcomings or fatal actions of the heroes who destroy him and his loved ones. In Othello, the villain Iago brings the jealousy of the title character to a point, and he kills his innocent wife. In King Lear, the old king makes the fatal mistake of renouncing his rights to power, which leads to horrific events, such as the murder of Lear's youngest daughter Cordelia.
  

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  In Macbeth, Shakespeare's shortest and most concise tragedy, uncontrolled ambitions drive Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, to murder the rightful king and usurp the throne, and ultimately they are destroyed by the realization of their guilt. In this play, Shakespeare adds an element of the supernatural to the tragic structure. His last major tragedies, "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Coriolanus", according to some critics, contain some of his most beautiful poems.In the final period of his work, Shakespeare turned to the genre of romantic tragicomedy and completed three major plays: "Cymbeline", "Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest", as well as, together with another playwright, the play "Pericles".
  

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  The works of this period are less gloomy than the tragedies that preceded them, but more serious than the comedies of the 1590s, but they end with reconciliation and deliverance from troubles. Some researchers believe that these changes occurred due to a change in views on Shakespeare's life, which became calmer, but perhaps the plays simply reflected the theatrical fashion of that time. Two more surviving Shakespeare plays were written by him in collaboration, possibly with John Fletcher: "Henry VIII" and "Two noble Relatives".
  
  
  

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