William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
Picture from http://shakespeare.palomar.edu

William Shakespeare's Blog

This is something I might use in my future classroom to help students learn about the life of William Shakespeare. I could use a personal blog to show the important dates and events in his life, setting it up online to keep students interested. There is a better chance they will read a blog while they are already online doing other things than open and read a textbook to get information. It could be an interesting way to use multimedia to teach high school students.

6.3.07

1608 is the year many scholars look at as a turning point in Shakespeare's work. It is the year when many see the "tone [changing] from the dark mood of the tragedies to one of light, magic, music, reconciliation, and romance" (http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/).

Some plays from this time include:
The Tempest
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Winter's Tale

Why do you think the mood in Shakespeare's plays changed so drastically? You can look at some of the biography links on this page to get a more detailed hint about what was going on in Shakespeare's life during the writing of each of his plays.
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