Shakespeare Eng 6 (ES19dk)

Shakespeare has inspired many people and is still an inspiration to authors, musicians and people in general. His work can be seen in theaters and on the movie screen. But who was he, and more importantly, why are we still inspired by his work?

Plan

w 2     Introduction, programme about Shakespeare, Digilär; The Elizabethan Era (hand in answers on Unikum)

w 3      Read extract Romeo and Juliet,  analyze sonnet 116

w 4      Analyze a sonnet? ( digilär), in pairs - analyze and compare two plays (digilär), presentation in groups 

w 5     Assignment

w 6     Presentations in groups

Läroplanskopplingar

Centralt innehåll

• Teman, motiv, form och innehåll i film och skönlitteratur; författarskap och litterära epoker.
• Samtida och äldre skönlitteratur, dikter, dramatik och sånger.
• Muntlig och skriftlig produktion och interaktion i olika situationer och med olika syften, där eleverna argumenterar, rapporterar, ansöker, resonerar, sammanfattar, kommenterar, värderar och motiverar sina åsikter.

Uppgifter

Elizabethan Era

The Elizabethan Era digilär.pdf

Shakespeare's plays

Summarize the two plays you have compared.

In what ways are the plots similar?

Describe and compare the characters

Can you detect a “typical” Shakespearean style in the stories? Sort of like a similarity in the themes. If so, how?

What is it in these plays that make them popular – more than 300 years after they were written?