Friday, April 29, 2011

My favorite warm weather activity

My favorite warm weather activity is going to camp!  I started doing going to camp when I was 2.  It's my favorite activity because I love going to camp and seeing all my family. There always so much to do up there. You can swim, tan, play sports, card, chill, have a fire, boat, wake board, and so much more! I can't wait for this summer to go up.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Renaissance and Shakespares work

The Renaissance influence Shakespeare's work by Shakespeare updated the simplistic, two-dimensional writing style of pre-renaissance drama. He focused on creating “human” characters with psychologically complexity. Hamlet is perhaps the most famous example of this.The upheaval in the accepted social hierarchy allowed Shakespeare to explore the humanity of every character regardless of their social position. Even monarchs are given human emotions and are capable of making mistakes.Shakespeare utilized his knowledge of Greek and Roman classics when writing his plays. Before the renaissance, these texts had been suppressed by the Catholic Church.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Reading Shakespeare's Plays

important tips the article suggests are in Shakespeare's plays.  The answer is no.  Shakespeare wrote the way he did for poetic and dramatic purposes. There are many reasons why he did this--to create a specific poetic rhythm, to emphasize a certain word, to give a character a specific speech pattern, etc. We speak in prose (language without metrical structure).  Shakespeare wrote both prose and verse (poetry).  Much of the language discussion we will have in this guide revolves around Shakespeare's poetry.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

What do you plan on doing over vacation

I plan on catching up on sleep, running track, and hanging out with friends. I've been so over tired these past couple of days and I want to sleep in so much! Also I have track practice and some meets so ill be busy with that. And of course I have to see my friends and hang with them! I might be going to New York this vaction to see my cousin Sean on broadway.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Shakespeare's Style

Shakespeare wrote in the language and style of his time. It's difficult for anyone to read being a student or adult because of how much English has changed. I learned reading the website was Shakespeare wrote in verse and sonnet. The structure of a sonnet is 14 lines. A good way to decipher what Shakespeare was saying is to read the sonnets or plays line by line. It helps to have a dictionary at hand to help decode unknown words or phrases. It also helps to see a Shakespeare play performed. The actors have studied the language of Shakespeare, understand the meaning of his words and are able to convey their meaning to an audience. If nothing else, sometimes seeing the action itself helps the listener understand what Shakespeare meant.There are also several books and Web sites dedicated to translating Shakespeare's works line-by-line, giving the hidden meaning and context behind what he is saying. Some even apply modern phrases or conventions to his old-fashioned words.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

did the real William Shakespeare write his plays

I think the real William Shakespeare wrote his plays. The guy that tried to say that he didn't probably wrote some good plays himself. Just because Marlo died, doesn't mean Shakespeare didn't write his own plays. People write the same stuff all the time. But no one came be as good as William Shakespeare himself. Even if his plays were like others, people choose to make him the more popular one and read his books.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

William Shakespeare Biography

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. No one knows anything about his childhood. Shakespeare's school years, he probably attended the Stratford grammar school and studied the classics, Latin grammar and literature. Though little read and performed today, Shakespeare's first plays in the popular history genre (particular style) are equally ambitious and impressive. Shakespeare's work has continued to seem to each generation like its own most precious discovery. He got married at 18 to Ann Hathaway and had 3 kids with her. His value to his own age is suggested by the fact that two fellow actors performed the virtually unprecedented (never done before) act in 1623 of gathering his plays together and publishing them in the Folio edition. Without their efforts, since Shakespeare was apparently not interested in publication, many of the plays would not have survived. He pasted away on April 23, 1616 on his own birthday.