Shakespeare's Life
1. How much do we know about Shakespeare's life? Why?
there are lots of gaps in his biography because we only have two main source of information, his works and legal and church documents
2. Where was Shakespeare born?
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon
3. What date was he born on?
April 23, 1564
4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom?
He married Anne Hathaway on November 28,1582
5. Shakespeare established himself as an ____________ and _________________
Actor, play writer
6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date?
April 23, 1616. It was his birthday.
7. What did he leave his wife in his will?
his "second best bed"
Religion
8. What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England?
Catholic and Protestant religions
9. Who dictated the favored religion?
reigning monarch
10. Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When?
Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth
11. Which religion did each Monarch believe in?
Queen Mary- catholic. Queen Elizabeth protestant
12. How did each Monarch treat those who did not follow their favored religion?
catholic- burned alive. protestant- respected other religious thoughts, as long as the didn't pursed a threat
13. Why did Queen Elizabeth I ban all performances of religious plays and stories?
To help stop the violence over religion
Elizabethan Period
14. What was the Elizabethan Period?
The age of the Renaissance, of new ideas and new thinking
15. When was this period?
1558 it began
16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why?
printing press, spread news in a easier way.
17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in?
In all the super natural things, witches, ghosts, witchcraft, tried to protect them selves
18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on?
witches
19. Why were people of this period superstitious?
fear of supernatural things.
20. What were the four humours and what were they associated with?
It was a medical believe that said the body that was built of four humors, the blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm . if the four humor where balanced, the person was healthy.
21. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained?
the girl learn house hold stuff, then she would marry and depending on some factors that girl enter to social life.
22. What was the Chain of Being and what did it uphold?
It is a concept that says that everything in the world has its own place and no matter what you do, you cannot change your place by going up the chain.
23. What is the Rotate Fortune? first appeared in medieval and ancient philosophies, and refers to Fate
Education
24. What did education depend on?
how much money the family had, and their social status.
25. What was the main purpose of schooling?
to teach children how to act in a good maners in society.
26. Why were students taught Latin?
in was the leguage of the educated in europe.
27. What were girls from wealthy families educated in?
they would be paced in a fiends house hold, and there they woud learn to read, write,mantain a household and control the slaves.
29. Why were courses in university conducted in Latin?
because it was the international lenguage and it was the lenguge in which bussines was made.
Elizabethan Theatre
30. What was the general feeling towards plays during this period in time?
they were bad, they where often forbiden in cities.
31. What was the name of the first theatre?
the Theatre.
32. What was the name of them most famous theatre?
the Globe, where shakespear worked.
33. What happened to this theatre?
a canon exploted during a play making the theater burn.
34. Where did people sit or not sit?
rich people would sit by the side of the stage but most people stood in the pit.
35. When did they have performances? Why?
there was no artificial lights, so in day time mostly afternoons.
36. How many women performed in these plays?
women couldnt perform so men acted as the women.
37. What did the audience do if they didn't like the performance?
they would trow things at the actors after booing them or ignor the play.
Shakespeare's Influence
38. What does Shakespeare's work provide reference for?
what life was like in this period.
39. What were Shakespeare's histories a tribute to?
to britain and their mornarchy
40. What was Shakespeare attempting to do with these tributes?
leigitimize Elizabeths positions, also wis work.
41. How many words did Shakespeare invent?
1700 aproximatedly
42. Give an example of a word or phrase we have gotten from Shakespeare.
To be, or not to be: that is the question
43. Name one poet who was influenced by Shakespeare.
john keats, romanic poetist
1. How much do we know about Shakespeare's life? Why?
there are lots of gaps in his biography because we only have two main source of information, his works and legal and church documents
2. Where was Shakespeare born?
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon
3. What date was he born on?
April 23, 1564
4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom?
He married Anne Hathaway on November 28,1582
5. Shakespeare established himself as an ____________ and _________________
Actor, play writer
6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date?
April 23, 1616. It was his birthday.
7. What did he leave his wife in his will?
his "second best bed"
Religion
8. What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England?
Catholic and Protestant religions
9. Who dictated the favored religion?
reigning monarch
10. Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When?
Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth
11. Which religion did each Monarch believe in?
Queen Mary- catholic. Queen Elizabeth protestant
12. How did each Monarch treat those who did not follow their favored religion?
catholic- burned alive. protestant- respected other religious thoughts, as long as the didn't pursed a threat
13. Why did Queen Elizabeth I ban all performances of religious plays and stories?
To help stop the violence over religion
Elizabethan Period
14. What was the Elizabethan Period?
The age of the Renaissance, of new ideas and new thinking
15. When was this period?
1558 it began
16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why?
printing press, spread news in a easier way.
17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in?
In all the super natural things, witches, ghosts, witchcraft, tried to protect them selves
18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on?
witches
19. Why were people of this period superstitious?
fear of supernatural things.
20. What were the four humours and what were they associated with?
It was a medical believe that said the body that was built of four humors, the blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm . if the four humor where balanced, the person was healthy.
21. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained?
the girl learn house hold stuff, then she would marry and depending on some factors that girl enter to social life.
22. What was the Chain of Being and what did it uphold?
It is a concept that says that everything in the world has its own place and no matter what you do, you cannot change your place by going up the chain.
23. What is the Rotate Fortune? first appeared in medieval and ancient philosophies, and refers to Fate
Education
24. What did education depend on?
how much money the family had, and their social status.
25. What was the main purpose of schooling?
to teach children how to act in a good maners in society.
26. Why were students taught Latin?
in was the leguage of the educated in europe.
27. What were girls from wealthy families educated in?
they would be paced in a fiends house hold, and there they woud learn to read, write,mantain a household and control the slaves.
29. Why were courses in university conducted in Latin?
because it was the international lenguage and it was the lenguge in which bussines was made.
Elizabethan Theatre
30. What was the general feeling towards plays during this period in time?
they were bad, they where often forbiden in cities.
31. What was the name of the first theatre?
the Theatre.
32. What was the name of them most famous theatre?
the Globe, where shakespear worked.
33. What happened to this theatre?
a canon exploted during a play making the theater burn.
34. Where did people sit or not sit?
rich people would sit by the side of the stage but most people stood in the pit.
35. When did they have performances? Why?
there was no artificial lights, so in day time mostly afternoons.
36. How many women performed in these plays?
women couldnt perform so men acted as the women.
37. What did the audience do if they didn't like the performance?
they would trow things at the actors after booing them or ignor the play.
Shakespeare's Influence
38. What does Shakespeare's work provide reference for?
what life was like in this period.
39. What were Shakespeare's histories a tribute to?
to britain and their mornarchy
40. What was Shakespeare attempting to do with these tributes?
leigitimize Elizabeths positions, also wis work.
41. How many words did Shakespeare invent?
1700 aproximatedly
42. Give an example of a word or phrase we have gotten from Shakespeare.
To be, or not to be: that is the question
43. Name one poet who was influenced by Shakespeare.
john keats, romanic poetist