William_Shakespeare03.ppt

1、Who is He ?,William shakespeare,English name : W. William Shakespeare Chinese name : 威廉莎士比亚 Nationality : English Birth place : England Date of birth : Baptised 26 April 1564 (birth date unknown) Date of death : 23 April 1616 (aged 52) Period : English Renaissance Occupation : playwright, poet, acto

2、r,Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon.,I didnt know the date of my birth , but I knew the date of my death,Shakespeare was probably educated at the Kings New School in Stratford for seven years.,Jobs: Teacher Apprentice Businessman,At the age of 18, Shakespeare married the 26-

3、year-old Anne Hathaway . They got three children.,Over the centuries some readers have posited that Shakespeares sonnets are evidence of his love for a young man. The 26 so-called Dark Lady sonnets, addressed to a married woman, are taken as evidence of heterosexual liaisons.,William Shakespeare was

4、 an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the worlds pre-eminent dramatist.,His surviving works consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living

5、language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.,Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. A、comedies and histories (the end of the 16th century) B、tragedies (until about 1608) C、tragicomedies (until 1613),Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early

6、in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families.,the worlds most filmed story after Cinderella,To be or not to be.That is a question. 生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题。 Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.-Shakespeare 宁为聪明的愚夫，不作愚蠢的才子。 A light heart lives long . 豁达者长寿。 Do not,for one repulse,give up the purpose that you resolved to effect . 不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。 The time of lif