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1、Unit3WilliamShakespeareBackgroundInformationUnit3AManfromStratford—WilliamShakespeareExtendedReadingWarm-upQuestionsFreeDiscussionWhatdoyouknowaboutShakespeare?CouldyousaysomethingabouthimandsomeofShakespeare’sfamousworks?Warm-upQuestionsWilliamShakes
2、peareWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616),wasanEnglishplaywrightandpoet,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworld'smostremarkabledramatist.Hehasestablishedhisgiantpositionintheworldliteraturewithhis38plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.Born(
3、1564)anddied(1616)onthesamedate-23rdAprilEngland'sgreatestpoetandplaywright◆wasbornin1564inStratford-upon-Avon,Warwickshire,England.(英国沃里克郡埃文河畔斯特拉特福德)WilliamShakespeare’slifeStratford-upon-AvonStratford-upon-Avon:thebirthplaceandburialplaceofShakespea
4、re,isatowninsouthWarwickshire,England.ItliesontheRiverAvon;about30milessoutheastofBirminghamandabout100milesnorthwestofLondon.ThetownisapopulartouristdestinationowingtoitsstatusasbirthplaceoftheplaywrightandpoetWilliamShakespeare,receivingaboutthreemi
5、llionvisitorsayearfromallovertheworld.Stratford-upon-AvonRiverAvonShakespeare'shouseinStratford-upon-AvonBeforeReading_2_1.3Hisfather,JohnShakespeare,isawell-to-dotraderinwool,onceheldtheofficeofchief,likeamayorat7,educatedatStratfordgrammarschool,for
6、6years,Latin&Greekat14,fatherindebt,leftschoolat18,in1582,marriedAnneHathaway,afarmer’sdaughter,8yearsolderthanShakespeare;3kidslaterretiredin1612,backtohometown.diedonthe23rdofApril,1616,buriedinStratfordChurchShakespeare’sWorks38plays+154sonnets+2lo
7、ngpoemsHistoricalplays:HenryⅥ(1590-1591)RichardⅢ(1592)HenryⅣ(1596-1597)Comedies:AMidsummerNight’sDream(1595)TheMerchantofVenice(1596)MuchAdoaboutNothing(1598)AsYouLikeIt(1599)TwelfthNight(1600)All'sWellThatEndsWell(1602)Shakespeare’sWorksTragedies:Rom
8、eoandJuliet(1595)Hamlet(1601)Othello(1604)KingLear(1605)TheTragedyofMacbeth(1605)Poems:154sonnets十四行诗aseriesoflovepoemsaddressedtoa“darklady”.ThepoemsarefamousfortheirbeautifullanguageandstrongemotionsCommentsonShakespearethegreatestofallEngli
