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| What is the descending order of the chain of being |
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| god-angels-mankind-animals-plants-inanimates |
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| What takes man closer to the angels on the chain of being |
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| what takes man closer to the animals on the chain of being |
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| what is the ptolemaic (geocentric) theory of the universe |
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| ecerything except god revolves around the earth and mankind |
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| what is the copernican (heliocentric) theory of the universe |
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| planets revolve around the sun |
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| why were people in shakespeare's timwe not embracing the new copernican theory? |
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| becuase it hurt their self esteem since they were no longer the center of creation |
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| What are the two reason the theaters were closed during shakespeares lifetime |
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| the puritans closed it and it was also closed for an outbreak of the plague |
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| what religion was anne hathaway, shakespeares wife? |
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| What is stratford-on-avon in relation to shakespeare |
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| Who was John shakespeare and what was his job? |
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| John shakespeare was william shakespeares father, he was a succesfull and prosperous glovemaker |
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| William shakespeares Mother |
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| Why did anne hathaway chose to not join shakespeare in the theater |
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| What were queen elizabeths views on the theater? |
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| She enjoyed, supported, and sponsered the plays |
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| In all How many plays were produced from shakespeare? |
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| He produced 37 by his retirement in 1610 |
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| What were the Lord chamberlins men? (later king's men) |
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| A acting group that shakespeare was apart of throughout his career, their leading actor was richard burbage. |
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| What was something shakespeare did with his saved money and financial successes? |
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| he aquired much property in stratford, (iuncluding New place.) |
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| Where were a number of shakespeares plays set |
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| What was the renessaince? |
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| a period of intelectual curiosity in which people belived you had control in shaping your own destiny and started beliviing this? |
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| What were many of the poor penny payers called that came to watch shakespeares plays? |
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| Who was king james the 1? |
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| a ruler at the time of shakespeare, also a theater enthusiast and play goer |
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| Where were most plays presented at? |
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| what were the two famous shakespeares theatres |
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| What are the two reason the theaters were closed during shakespeares lifetime |
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| the puritans closed it and it was also closed for an outbreak of the plague |
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| what religion was anne hathaway, shakespeares wife? |
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| What is stratford-on-avon in relation to shakespeare |
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| Who was John shakespeare and what was his job? |
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| John shakespeare was william shakespeares father, he was a succesfull and prosperous glovemaker |
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| William shakespeares Mother |
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| Why did anne hathaway chose to not join shakespeare in the theater |
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| What were queen elizabeths views on the theater? |
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| She enjoyed, supported, and sponsered the plays |
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| In all How many plays were produced from shakespeare? |
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| He produced 37 by his retirement in 1610 |
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| What were the Lord chamberlins men? (later king's men) |
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| A acting group that shakespeare was apart of throughout his career, their leading actor was richard burbage. |
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| What was something shakespeare did with his saved money and financial successes? |
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| he aquired much property in stratford, (iuncluding New place.) |
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| Where were a number of shakespeares plays set |
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| What was the renessaince? |
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| a period of intelectual curiosity in which people belived you had control in shaping your own destiny and started beliviing this? |
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| What were many of the poor penny payers called that came to watch shakespeares plays? |
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| Who was king james the 1? |
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| a ruler at the time of shakespeare, also a theater enthusiast and play goer |
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| Where were most plays presented at? |
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| what were the two famous shakespeares theatres |
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| What is the classical definition of a tragedy? |
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| A person of noble birth is brought downb by a single weakness or fatal flaw |
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| what is the classical definition of a comedy |
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| protagonist triumphs over his/her limitations and the story has a happy ending |
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| What happened to the original globe theatre? |
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| it burnt dpwn after shakespeare retired during history plays when a cannon shot off |
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| what was another popular entertainment next door that shakespeare had to compete with for the groudlings penny |
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| where were greek plays performed |
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| What were the names of the four humors |
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| sanguine (happy), choleric (angry), melancholy (sad), Phlegmatic (lazy,) |
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| The 4 humors decided what kind of _______ a person had |
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| WHat were two additional elements that were part of a play |
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| music/singing and dancing |
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| how did playgoers express there disaproval of a play? |
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| threw rotten fruits and vegetables |
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| when were plays performed and why where they performed then? |
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| daylight hours because there was no artificial light and fire was too great of a risk to use |
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| WHat does old English look like? |
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| Mostly its very different from NE and has to be translated. A few words like mann, hors, hus, riht, nett, god, etc |
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| Old english was spoken till what century? |
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| what branch of indo-european family does old english belong to |
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| when was middle english spoken |
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| what does middle english look like |
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| very different pronouns liek mann, hors, hus, riht, nett |
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| in shakespeares language old english, midle english or modern english, |
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| it is modern english with touches of middle and old english. |
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