Shakespeare Life in Times Video 1:

● Was born on or near April

● Born in Stratford England
● Didn’t go to the university
● Early 1590’s was writing and acting
● An artist and a playwright
● Good businessmen
● He was also a poet
● During the early 1590’s play closed the theaters in London
● Died on his birthday April 23, 1616
● Shakespeare talks about the human condition
Video 2:
● When we walk into the house where Shakespeare was downstairs THE COUNCIL
CHAMBER WHERE SHAKESPEARE'S FATHER JOHN SERVED AS MAYOR FOR A
YEAR IN 1568. WHILE WILLIAM WAS AT SCHOOL UPSTAIRS.
● All the bibles were written in latin
● Latin helps us learn about the the plays that Shakespeare wrote in Latin
● School was 12 hours long for Shakespeare from 6 AM to 6 PM
● 5 minutes on the route to home
● He was christened on the 26th of April, 1564
● Shakespeare has a modern day replica of his globe now in England
● Shakespeare uses a device in part for the rhythm of the play
● Many think of Shakespeare as the best writer of all time
● Shakespeare had such a unique legacy that will always be remembered
● A lot of the stuff he writes is about the specific times but also about morals and emotions
● Shakespeare is thought of as a prolific writer and yet hardly anything written in his hands
survives
● One museum has 120 of Shakespeare’s documents
● Some peoples favorite document is Master of Revels
● Shakespeare’s legacy is the first folio of all his plays which is a nice way think about his
request of being something much bigger than he could have imagined after his
exposure.
QUESTIONS

1- What form of education did Shakespeare receive? Was he more educated than the average

playmaker?

Answer: Shakespeare went to grammar school, but never went to a university (unlike most

playwrights).

2- where did Shakespeare live and what period was the place experiencing?

Answer: In London during the Renaissance

3- At least how many plays did Shakespeare write?

Answer: 36

4- Were Shakespeare’s plays published before or after he died?

Answer: Shakespeare’s plays were published 7 years after he died.

5- Why did Shakespeare start writing poems instead of plays?

Answer: Because the plague shut down theaters

6- What categories were Shakespeare’s plays split into?

Answer: 4 categories– histories, comedies, tragedies, and later comedy-tragedies.

7- What is a sonnet? Is there any difference between a sonnet and a poem?

Answer: A sonnet is a poem with fourteen lines only. The difference between a poem and a

sonnet is that a poem has no line restriction and a sonnet does.

8- Where and when was Shakepeare born?

Answer: Stratford, near London on April 23, 1564

9- What did Shakespeare build? Where was it?

Answer: The largest open amphitheater in its time, located in London.

10- Why did Shakespeare make up his own words?

Answer: English words did not correctly emphasize what Shakespeare meant, so he made his

own words to describe things more accurately.