Group: Turkish – English
Name: Nurjahon Amirova
When Shakespeare was twenty-one, he went to London. We don't know why he left Stratford-on-Avon. There is a story that
Shakespeare's first job in London was holding rich men's horses at the theatre door. But nobody can be sure that this story is
true.
Later, Shakespeare became an actor and a member of a very successful acting company. It's highly probable that The Comedy
of Errors, Romeo and Juliet and some other plays by Shakespeare were performed for the first time on this stage.
Very soon, however, the actors were told that they could no longer use the land that their theatre was built on and the company
had nowhere else to perform. There is a story that in the dead of night the whole acting troop took down their theatre, timber
by timber, brick by brick. They carried it across the river and rebuilt it. The new theatre was called the Globe.
William Shakespeare, the greatest and most famous of English writers,
and probably the greatest playwright who has ever lived, was bom on the
23d of April, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon.
In spite of his fame we know very little about his life. At the age of six
he was sent to school, but had to leave it at the age of 13. His father, John
Shakespeare, was a glove-maker, and when he fell into debt, William had
to help him in the trade.
Just what William did between his fourteenth and eighteenth year isn't
known. At the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. Ann was
eight years older than her husband and the marriage wasn't a happy one.
Shakespeare's Globe was rather different from modern theatres.
The plays were performed in the open air and the audience got
wet if it rained. There was no scenery, very few props, and the
only lighting was the daylight that came from the open roof
above. Women in those days weren't allowed to act in public
and all the parts (even Juliet!) were played by men. Much of the
audience stood to watch the performance and moved around,
talking with each other and throwing fruit at the stage if they
didn't like something.
Shakespeare wrote 37 plays: 10 tragedies (such as Hamlet, King
Lear, Othello, Macbeth), 17 comedies (such as As You Like It,
Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing), 10 historical plays
(such as Henry IV, Richard III.). He also left 7 books of poems.
Most of Shakespeare's plays were not published in his lifetime.
So some of them may have been lost in the fire when the Globe
burnt down in 1613.
Shakespeare spent the last years of his life at Stratford, where he died, ironically, on the same date as his birthday, the 23d of April,
1616. He was buried in the church of Stratford. A monument was erected to the memory of the great playwright in the Poet's Corner
in Westminster Abbey. In 1997, Shakespeare's Globe was restored.
Books are always regarded as the best friend of all.
They do not demand anything but always teachers
what’s right. Reading books not only provides us
information but also improves our vocabulary & gives
good thought. Reading books in free time also makes
us refreshed from the busy life.
I always loved reading books since childhood. I used
to sit in the school library & read story books that had
good lessons which should be learnt by all. The
favourite among all were the Panchatantra stories
which had beautiful stories. I really liked the pictures
in the book & the stories were so beautiful yet
realistic. The part I liked the most were the morals
which were written at the end of the story. I also liked
reading fairy tales, Cindrella, snow-white etc & I still
remember the big book shelf I had in my room which
was full of story books. I used them to read it in the
free time. But as I grew up my taste changed, but I
still liked the old story books.
Once I saw a novel of my sister lying on
the table which was written by
Shakespeare. Gradually I started taking
intrest in reading the novels of
Shakespeare & found them really
interesting. It really helped me improve
my vocabulary. The most favourite
amongst them is ‘Romeo & Juliet. It is a
wonderful story about two lovers who
belong to two Nobel families who were
enemies. The story begins with the
constant fights & quarrels of the two
families. But at a party the young boy
Romeo for the first time catches a
glimpse of the beautiful girl Juliet. They
both fall in love & decide to get married.
They occurs a huge fight in which
Romeo is announced to leave the city or
he would be hanged till death. Romeo
hiding from everyone spends the night
with Juliet before leaving. Juliet gets
really sad & broken as Romeo leaves.
Her family decides to get married to the
cousin of the prince which she disagrees.
Her parents really gets offended & warms
her that she would be kicked out of the
house. Gentlemen who was a friend to
Romeo suggested her a medicine that
would make her sleep for few hours. Her
parents thought she was dead & lays her in
the tomb. Romeo discovers the fact that
Juliet is dead & comes hurriedly to her
tomb & discovers Paris, with whom Juliet
was supposed to be married. There was a
big fight & Romeo killed Paris Romeo was
so depressed & heartbroken that he poisend
himself & died. Juliet finally woke up after
few hours & saw Romeo lying dead. She
was no broken & depressed that she stab
herself & died. Thus the story ends with the
death of both the lovers. But it also has
optimistic view point where both the
families become friends & stop fighting.
The Romeo & Juliet is the most favorite
book of mine. The intensity of the story
makes you in deep love with the Novel.
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