Shakespeare's

creative legacy
• Dramatic and poetic heritage, according
to the "Shakespearean canon" (the first
complete edition of Shakespeare's
works, made in 1623) consists of 37
plays, 154 sonnets and two poems -
"Venus and Adonis" and "Infamous
Lucretia". All of Shakespeare's plays are
written in white verse using prose. The
combination of poetry and prose is a
characteristic feature of Shakespearean
drama, due to both artistic material and
aesthetic tasks.
 The «Globus»Theater, where
Shakespeare worked

• «GLOBUS» is a public theater in London. It operated from 1599

to 1644. The name was borrowed from Greek mythology and
refers to Hercules, who held the globe on his shoulders.
• Under King James I, the theater received the status of "Royal".
Stages of creativity
• Shakespeare's creative path is traditionally divided into three periods.
• The first period ("optimistic") - 1590-1600 - includes dramas-chronicles
(9), comedies (10), tragedies (3), both poems - "Venus and Adonis"
(1592), "Disgraced Lucretia" ( 1593), sonnets (154) and other poems.
• The second period ("tragic") - 1600-1608 pp. This time is called the
"period of great tragedies."
• The third period ("romantic") - 1609-1612 pp. - was not very fruitful,
but original. At this time were written "Cymbelin", "Winter Tale",
"Storm", "Pericles". The works of this time are defined as tragicomedies
or romantic dramas.
The first period
• The chronicles from which Shakespeare began his work
were a popular genre among his predecessors and
contemporaries because they corresponded to the
public's interest in their history and the political
problems of our time during Britain's intense struggle
with Spain. One after another there are dramas-
chronicles, the feature of which is the playwright's ability
to depict the era in vivid and bright colors, combining the
social background with the fate of specific characters:
"Henry VI, part 2" (1590), "Henry VI, part 3" ( 1591),
"Henry VI, Part 1" (1593), "Richard III" (1594), "Richard II"
(1595), "King John" (1596), "Henry IV, Part 2" (1597), "
Henry IV, part 2 "(1598) and" Henry V "(1598).
In parallel with the chronicles, Shakespeare created a number of comedies:
"Comedy of Mistakes" (1592), "Taming of the Shrew" (1593), "Two Verons"
(1594), "Vanity of Love" (1594), "Summer Night's Dream" (1595), The
Merchant of Venice (1596), A Lot of Noise in Vain (1599), The Windsor Tricks
(1598), How Do You Like It (1599) and The Twelfth Night (1600), as well as
three tragedies: Titus Andronicus ”(1593),“ Romeo and Juliet ”(1594) and“
Julius Caesar ”(1598).

The general character of the works of this period can be defined as

optimistic, colored by a joyful perception of life in all its diversity, faith in the
triumph of the intelligent and good. Poems and sonnets are also marked by
humanistic pathos, which open a new stage in the development of
Renaissance poetry with the realism of their poetics.
The second period
• The second period of Shakespeare's work (1601 - 1608
pp.) Is marked by the poet's immersion in the analysis
of the tragic contradictions of man, which with all their
might appeared at the end of the Renaissance. Even the
three comedies written at this time ("Troilus and
Cressida" (1602); "The End of the Cause" (1603);
"Measure of Measure" (1603) have the character of a
tragic worldview. Shakespeare's dramatic genius was
most fully manifested in the tragedies of this period :
"Hamlet" (1601), "Othello" (1604), "King Lear" (1605),
"Macbeth" 1606), "Anthony and Cleopatra" (1607),
"Coriolanus" (1607), "Timon of Athens" ( 1608). In them,
Shakespeare reflected the crisis of the Renaissance,
showed the decline of high ideals in society.
The third period
• The third, the romantic period, which
covers the years 1609-1612. During this
time he created four tragicomedies, or
romantic dramas: "Pericles" (1609),
"Cymbeline" (1610), "Winter Tale" (1611),
"Storm" (1612) and the historical drama
"Henry VIII". In tragicomedies there is an
atmosphere of fairy-tale, in them good
and justice always defeat the forces of evil.
Thus, the "king of dramatic poets" to his
last work remains true to the bright ideals
of the humanistic art of the Renaissance.
The best work
Tragedy "Romeo and Juliet"

Shakespeare sharply condemns

the feudal foundations, the
arbitrariness of the parents, who
became an obstacle to the
happiness of their children and
led them to death.

The main thing for Shakespeare is the person

himself, not his origin and state.
Now let me tell you about
interesting facts about the writer
• Shakespeare possessed a gigantic vocabulary - from 20 to 25 thousand words, while a
modern Englishman with a higher education uses no more than 4 thousand words.
• Shakespeare introduced about 3,200 new words into the English language - more
than his literary contemporaries put together.
• Not a single Shakespearean manuscript has survived. Only six signatures on official
documents, made by his hand, have survived.
• According to Ben Johnson, Shakespeare "knew a little Latin and even less Greek,"
although his plays show he was fluent in foreign languages ​- French, Italian, Greek
and Latin.
• Shakespeare's entire family - father, mother, wife, children - were illiterate. At the
moment there is no information that Shakespeare himself was literate.
• Shakespeare's direct lineage ended in 1670 with the death of Elizabeth's
granddaughter.
Conclusion

• Of course, this is not the whole list of masterpieces of

art, the basis and inspiration for which was the creative
legacy of Shakespeare. But it follows that his
contribution to world art is not limited to his own
creations, but continues to grow and develop with each
new generation.