Shakespeares Tragedies and Poetry

Alyssa Ayarazagoitia Nick Alexander Mrs. Erickson English I-3rd 11/13/13

Poems
Shakespeare is known as the Literary Genius. Although most of Shakespeares fame and publicity came from his poems, when we hear his name we often think of his famous plays and not his short sonnet poems.

Poems
Some of Shakespeares poems include: A Fairy Song
A Lover's Complaint A Madrigal All the Worlds a Stage Aubade Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind Bridal Song Carpe Diem Dirge Fear No more

Tragedies
Shakespeare started writing tragedies because he thought the tragic plots used by other English writers needed artistic purpose. He used every detail of a notable person as the main focus in his tragedies. Suspense and climax were an added attraction for the audience.

Tragedies
Some of Shakespeares tragedies include
Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear MacBeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus

A Fairy Song (Poem)

Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire! I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen, To dew her orbs upon the green; The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours; In those freckles live their savours; I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.

Romeo & Juliet (Tragedy)

Romeo is totally in love with this girl. He goes to a party to forget her. While he's there, he sees this beautiful girl, Juliet. They both fall in love at first sight, but soon they learn that they are members of families who are fighting, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet come up with a plan to fake their deaths and run away. Misunderstanding the plan, Romeo thinks that Juliet is actually really dead so he kills himself. Juliet had only taken a potion to put her in a deep sleep, and when she wakes up, she finds Romeo dead, so she kills herself too. It takes these two deaths for there families to finally come to peace.

Hatred is a wasted emotion with no other purpose other than to ruin lives. - Shakespeare

Fun Facts
Shakespeares tragic heroes often fall a victim to outside pressures. Fate, evil spirits, and manipulative characters all play a hand in the heros downfall. In the few signatures that have survived from his works, Shakespeare spelled his name Willm Shaksp, William Shakespe, Wm Shakspe, Willm Shakspere, but never William Shakespeare. Almost nothing is known about when the 154 sonnets were written, to who they were addressed, or whether they are put together in the correct order.