Shakespeare
Activity
Create a Poster Rough Draft Including the
Following:
 Notes Taken from Play
 Notes Taken from PowerPoint
 Notes from Pages 14-17
 Notes from Pages 18-19
 Final Poster Project Due Monday, March 21
 Grade Based on: Information, Neatness, Color
and Pictures
Why Study Shakespeare?
“He was not of an age, but for all time!”
Ben Johnson's
declaration of Shakespeare
1. Illumination of Human Experience
a. Shakespeare had the fantastic ability to
summarize the range of human emotions in
simple, yet eloquent verse.
a.
b.
c.
“Now is the winter of our
discontent…”
“The green-eyed monster…”
“To be or not to be: that is the
question…”
Why Study Shakespeare?
Continued…
2. Great Stories
a. William Shakespeare was the most
remarkable storyteller that the world
has ever known.
b. He told stories of every kind:
comedy, tragedy, history, melodrama,
adventure, love stories and fairy tales
Why Study Shakespeare?
Continued…
3. Compelling Characters
a. Shakespeare invented his share of
stock characters, but his truly great
characters, particularly his tragic
heroes, are unequalled in history.
4. Ability to “Turn a phrase”
a. Many common expressions, now thought
to be clichés were Shakespeare’s.