The questions are included here as well as on your paper.
Shakespeare's Life
Click http://www.bardweb.net/man.html to answer these questions. 1. How much do we know about Shakespeare's life? Why? 2. Where was Shakespeare born? 3. What date was he born on? 4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom? 5. Shakespeare established himself as an ____________ and _________________ 6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date? 7. What did he leave his wife in his will? Elizabethan Theatre
Click here and here to answer these questions. 1. What was the general feeling towards plays during this period in time? 2. What was the name of the first theatre? 3. What was the name of them most famous theatre? 4. What happened to this theatre? 5. Where did people sit or not sit? 6. When did they have performances? Why? 7. How many women performed in these plays? 8. What did the audience do if they didn't like the performance? FUN FACTS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-william-shakespeare 1. How did Shakespeare keep his grave from being robbed? 2. What might be the reason why Shakespeare would wear a gold earring? 3. How did the US come to have starlings and how does this connect with Shakespeare? 4. What did Shakespeare's father do for a living in 1556? https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/fun-international-facts-about-shakespeare 5. How many times does the word "love" show up in Shakespeare's works? How many unique words does Shakespeare use? 6. What Shakespearean play has been translated into 75 languages? |
Boy players
Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_player and find out about boy players by reading the ’Boys in adult companies’ section. Then, answer the questions below. 1. When did it become permissible for women to perform in the theatre? 2. Was there an official law against female actors? 3. Why were adolescent boys used to play female roles? 4. Did boys also play the complex lead female roles? 5. What kinds of roles did actor John Honyman play? Shakespearean language still used today
a. Find out the meaning of the phrases created by Shakespeare. Find the following phrases from Hamlet http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-coined-by-shakespeare-in-hamlet.html 1. In my mind’s eye 2. Make your hair stand on end 3. Woe is me Find the following from phrases from Macbeth http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-coined-by-shakespeare-in-macbeth.html 4. A charmed life 5. A sorry sight 6. Be all and end all b. Now, choose four other expressions from the main list and write them down with explanations of their meanings: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html |
Shakespeare's Influence
Click here http://www.musesrealm.net/writings/shakespeareengland.html to answer these questions 1. What does Shakespeare's work provide reference for? 2. What were Shakespeare's histories a tribute to? 3. What was Shakespeare attempting to do with these tributes? Click here to answer these questions. (You will need to go to the links at the bottom of the page.) 4. How many words did Shakespeare invent? (click on Words Shakespeare Invented) 5. Give an example of a word or phrase we have gotten from Shakespeare. 6. Name one poet who was influenced by Shakespeare. (Link at bottom) LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME
Go to http://elizabethan.org/compendium/38.html (check out the links at the bottom of the page for more ideas) 1. Create a menu from the list of foods found on this page. The menu must include breakfast, lunch, and dinner with dessert. 2. Compare your everyday food choices with those of Shakespearean times. Create a visual representation to show the similarities and differences. Go to http://elizabethan.org/compendium/54.html 3. Read the information about Shakespearean education. Based on your newly acquired information, relate the Shakespearean education experience to your own. Be sure to address at least three different aspects of the student experience (i.e. content, times, fellow students, etc.) Go to http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323 4. Create a seven point time line for Shakespeare’s life. |
What do you think the following words and phrases mean? When you think you know the answers, check with your teacher. She will give you the password to the website to find out the correct definitions.
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