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| When did Shakespeare live? |
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| Describe one incident in his life before he began writing plays. |
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| Killed a calf in high fashion |
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| List the three types of plays that Shakespeare wrote |
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| Tragedy, historic, comedy |
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| Who was the leading actor of Shakespeare's troupe? |
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| What role did Shakespeare himself play in Hamlet? |
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| How many plays did Shakespeare write? How many sonnets? |
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| Who did Shakespeare marry? |
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| What were the names of Shakespeare's children? |
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| Hamnet, Judeth, and Suzannah |
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| Write the definition for a Shakespearean tragedy |
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1. Noble heroic central character
2. Character flaw/defect
3. Entangled situation beyond their control
4. Realizes their flaw but it's too late.
5. Death/die |
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| What is written on Shakespeare's gravestone? |
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(page XI) Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be the man that spares these stones.
And cursed be he that moves my bones. |
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| Where is Shakespeare buried? |
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| How much did it cost Shakespeare's contemporaries to see one of his plays? |
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1 penny- stand
5 pennies- sit
6 pennies- on stage |
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| What was the name of Shakespeare's theater? |
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| What were the people in the audience called who stood in the pit? |
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"West Side Story"
"Kiss Me, Kate"
"Ran"
are updatings of which Shakespeare plays? |
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"West Side Story"= Romeo + Juliet
"Kiss Me, Kate" = Taming of the Shrew
"Ran"= King Lear |
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| Name one other playwright writing at the same time as Shakespeare |
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| Name one historical/political event in England during Shakespeare's day |
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| Who ruled England during most of Shakespeare's life? |
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| Did Shakespeare die a rich or a poor man? How do you know? |
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| He was rich because he had the second largest house in the town |
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| What was happening in America during Shakespeare's time? |
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