THE WORKS OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
By /
Zayar Phyo
 Three Parts

• Shakespeare’s life (or) biography

• His most famous works
• Best Quotes
 Shakespeare’s Life (or) Biography

Parents: John Shakespeare

Mary Arden
Born : Stratford-upon-Aron
1564
Third of Three Children
 Shakespeare’s Life (or) Biography

Education: Grammar School in

Stratford
Wife : Anne Hathaway,English
Poet, Playwright, actor
Children : Suzanna (1583)
Hamnet & Judith (1589)
 Shakespeare’s Life (or) Biography

• Know nothing until 1592

• Continue writing successful plays in London
• Early plays: Comedies and Histories
• Most like happy ending
• Comedies for example;
• The Merchant of Venice, The Midsummer Night’s Dream,…..
 Shakespeare’s Life (or) Biography

• Wrote mainly Tragedies

• A tragedy is a serious play that ends sadly with the death of the main
character or characters.
• For example; Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet,…..
• By 1597, buy “New Place” , the largest house in Stratford
• The last play: Henry VIII, in 1612
• Died : 23, April, 1616 (52 years old) at Stratford
 Shakespeare’s Famous Works

• 10 most famous works

• Romeo & Juliet (1595) , The Merchant of Venice (1595-96)
• Henry V (1597-99) , Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
• Hamlet (1601) , Three Kings Night (1601-02)
• Othello (1603-04) , King Lear (1605-06)
• Macbeth(1606) , Coriolanum (1608)
 Shakespeare’s Famous Works

• Romeo & Juliet

• Tragic love story
• Main characters, Romeo & Juliet, enimes,
Montagues & Capulets
• Fall in love
• Kill themselves, didn’t want to be
separated from one another
• Two families vow never to argue.
 Shakespeare’s Famous Works

• Henry V
• After an insult, King Henry V invades
France.
• Stops assassination plot
• Gives powerful speeches, wins battles
• Marries the Princess of France
• Linking the two nations, England &
France
 Shakespeare’s Famous Works

Power
Warfare
Patriotism
• Henry V themes
Family
Art & Culture
Society & Class
 Shakespeare’s Famous Works

• Hamlet
• Sees the ghost of his father, the king of
Denmark
• The ghost commands him to revenge his
brother, the new king, who killed him
• The new king devises plots to kill Hamlet
• The Play ends with a duel, all the characters,
the King, Queen, Hamlet himself, Hamlet’s
opponent, are killed.
Shakespeare’s Best Quotes
Shakespeare’s Best Quotes
Shakespeare’s Best Quotes
Shakespeare’s Best Quotes
 Shakespeare’s Best Quotes

Not only Quotes, but also new words he invented.

 BIRTHPLACE , COLD-BLOODED
 FASHIONABLE , LOVE LETTER
 PUPPY DOG , SCHOOLBOY
 USEFUL
 Shakespeare’s Best Quotes

• Key Message (or) Conclusion

1. William Shakespeare’s Life
2. Famous Works
3. Best Quotes
• William Shakespeare is the world’s greatest writer and dramatist.
• He reflected in his plays the world he knew.
Question Time
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