William shakespear WORKSHEET Complete the text by filling the gaps. A. William Shakespeare was one of the world’s greatest 1)_______________. He lived in England during the second half of the 16th century and the early part of the 17th century. William grew up in Stratford-uponAvon, a town where his father had been 2)_________. His family was 3)______________ and young William attended a grammar school in Stratford. B. Later on Shakespeare went to London to find a job as an actor and 4)__________. It was very difficult because only the best were able to work there. Between 1592 and 1594, Shakespeare wrote mainly 5)__________ and poems. All theatres were closed because of the Black Death, which killed millions of people. C. When theatres opened up again he became a 6)____________ of «Lord Chamberlain’s Men», the best acting company in the country. The plays were performed in the «Globe», a round theatre without a roof. The actors and writers owned theatre. They bought the costumes and wrote their own 7)___________. They also shared their 8)___________. D. Plays started in the early afternoon. People who didn’t have money to buy a seat were allowed to stand in the front. Sometimes there were special 9)___________ for kings and queens. E. Shakespeare wrote three types of plays. 10)__________ show the downfall of one of the characters. 11)____________ are funny plays that have happy endings and historical plays are 12)_____________ about the lives of famous English kings. In 1610 William retired from the theatre and went back to his home town Stratford. He died there in 1616. Shakespeare’s literary work is usually divided into three periods: the optimistic period (1590-1600) His best comedies belong to the first period. They are the plays «Henry VI», «Henry V», «Henry IV», «Richard II», «Richard III», «The comedy of Errors», «Much ado about nothing», «A midsummer night’s dream», and others. They aver 22 plays all in all. His poems are also attributed to the first period. They are «Venus and Adonis», and «Lucrece» and 154 sonnets. the pessimistic period (1601-1609) The second period of Shakespeare’s literary work is famous for his tragedies. They are «Hamlet», «Othello», «King Lear», «Macbeth», «Timon of Atheus», and others. In his tragedies Shakespeare shows great human problems, the social injustice. Something must be done to change he world. He believed in a better future for all people. The ideas of freedom and happiness for all people have maid him the greatest humanist of the world. the romantic period (1609-1612) Shakespeare’s plays of the third period are called the Romantic Dramas. He transports us to a world of fantasy and allegory. The plays of the third periods are: «Cymbeline», «The Winter Tale», «The Tempest», «Henry VIII». William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116. Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alternation finds, Or, bends with the remover to remove : O, not it is an ever fixed mark That looks on tempests, and is never shaken; It is star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s Fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come; Love alters not with brief hours and weeks But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this de error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Мешать соединенью двух сердец Я не намерен. Может ли измена Любви безмерной положить конец? Любовь не знает убыли и тлена. Любовь – над бурей поднятый маяк, Не меркнущий во мраке и тумане, Любовь – звезда, которую моряк Определяет место в океане. Любовь – не кукла жалкая в руках У времени, стирающего розы На пламенных устах и на щеках, И не страшны ей времени угрозы. А если я не прав и лжет мой стих,То нет любви и нет стихов моих! QUOTATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE 1.To be, or not to be, that is the question. 2.Much ado about nothing. 3.Brevity is the soul of wit. 4.All’s well that ends well. 5.All that glistens is not gold. 6.A sea of troubles. 7.There is no darkness but ignorance. 8.All the world’s a stage. 9.If music be food of love, play on. 10.Every inch a king. 11.Weak not a sleeping wolf. Match popular Shakespeare’s idioms with their Russian translation: In English In Russian A plague on both your houses краткость есть душа ума Applaud to the echo одним ударом, одним махом At one fell swoop любовь слепа Brevity is the soul of wit» («Hamlet») чума на оба ваших дома Fair play О женщины, вам имя — вероломство! Frailty, thy name is woman!» («Hamlet») честная игра In a pickle» («The Tempest») букв. «носить свое сердце на рукаве» — не сдерживать эмоции, не скрывать чувств It’s Greek to me быть в состоянии опьянения, то есть быть в плачевном состоянии Love is blind букв. «фунт плоти» — законное, но непомерное требование; плата, безжалостно взимаемая с должника Pound of flesh это для меня китайская грамота The green-eyed monster букв. «зеленоглазое чудовище» ревность The world is my oyster» («The Merry Wives of Windsor ») быть или не быть — вот в чем вопрос Though this be madness, yet there is method in it» («Hamlet») хоть это и безумие, но в нем есть последовательность To be, or not to be: that is the question… растаять как дым, исчезнуть без следа To wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve шумно, восторженно аплодировать In English Vanish into thin air In Russian в мире много разных возможностей Choose the correct title, according to the passage. 1 is a play about love and jealousy, a play about a “________________” person who belived the lie and killed his wife whom he loved dearly. 2 “________________” is a story of a man who was so proud, so egoistic that he could not understand the world around him. 3 “________________” is a story of a man who loved good and hated evil, who loved truth and hated lies. 4 “_________________” is one of the greatest love-stories in the world.
