Shakespeare Webquest

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?

We know about Shakespeare because of his writings and church documents from the Elizabethan times.

2. Where was Shakespeare born?

Stratford upon Avon.

3. What date was he born on?

April 23, 1564.

4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom?

Yes, he got married with a girl called Anne Hathaway.

5. Shakespeare established himself as an Actor and Playwright

6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date?

He died the same day of his birthday. April 23, 1616

7. What did he leave his wife in his will?

Religion Click here http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/religion-elizabethan-england.htm to answer these questions

8. What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England?

Protestant or Catholic.

9. Who dictated the favored religion?

Reigning Monarchs.

10. Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When?

Queen and King

11. Which religion did each Monarch believe in?
12. How did each Monarch treat those who did not follow their favored religion?
13. Why did Queen Elizabeth I ban all performances of religious plays and stories? http://www.musesrealm.net/writings/shakespeareengland.html

Elizabethan Period Click here http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-period.htm to answer these questions

14. What was the Elizabethan Period?

The Elizabethan period was the period of the Renaissance of new ideas and thinking.

15. When was this period?

Renaissance.

16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why?

The printing press was one of the most inovative inventions of the time.

17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in?

18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on?

People was accused of witches.

19. Why were people of this period superstitious?

Because supernatural forces and unexpected things were happening.u

20. What were the four humours and what were they associated with? http://classweb.gmu.edu/rnanian/humours.html

21. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained? Click here http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-clothing.htm to answer this question.

A girl needed to learn household things, then when she got married and depending on what she knows, she would have an important charge in social live.

22. What was the Chain of Being and what did it uphold? Click here http://schoolworkhelper.net/2010/08/the-chain-of-being-shakespeare/

23. What is the Rotae Fortuna? Click http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1535026

Was aconcept of medieval and ancient philosophy refering to capricious nature of fate.

Education Click here  http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/ideas/boys.html

24. What did education depend on?
25. What was the main purpose of schooling?
26. Why were students taught Latin?
27. What were girls from wealthy families educated in? Click here http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/ideas/girls.html
29. Why were courses in university conducted in Latin? Click here http://elizabethan.org/compendium/54.html

Elizabethan Theatre Click here to answer these questions.

30. What was the general feeling towards plays during this period in time?
31. What was the name of the first theatre?
32. What was the name of them most famous theatre?
33. What happened to this theatre?
34. Where did people sit or not sit?
35. When did they have performances? Why?
36. How many women performed in these plays?
37. What did the audience do if they didn't like the performance?

Shakespeare's Influence Click here http://www.musesrealm.net/writings/shakespeareengland.html to answer these questions

38. What does Shakespeare's work provide reference for?
39. What were Shakespeare's histories a tribute to?
40. What was Shakespeare attempting to do with these tributes?

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41. How many words did Shakespeare invent?
42. Give an example of a word or phrase we have gotten from Shakespeare.
43. Name one poet who was influenced by Shakespeare.