Get your memories all dusted off…. THE RULES: There will be 2 teams. Each team will have ONE speaker. Whenever the team agrees on an answer, the SPEAKER.

WILLIAM “THE BARD”

SHAKESPEAREGet your memories all dusted off…

SHAKESPEARE REVIEWTHE RULES: There will be 2 teams. Each team will have ONE speaker. Whenever the team agrees on an answer,

the SPEAKER will raise their hand.The first team to raise their hand gets the

gives their answer.If it is CORRECT: designated points are

awarded.If it is INCORRECT: the opposing team has a

chance to steal the points.Whoever wins gets to pick the next question.

CATEGORY ONE: THE LIFE & TIMES OF SHAKESPEARE

( A ) – 2 points

( B ) – 2 points

( C ) – 3 points

( D ) – 4 points

( E ) – 4 points

( F ) – 5 points Category 2

A: WHEN WAS SHAKESPEARE BORN, AND WHEN DID HE DIE?

ANSWER:

He was baptized on April 26th, 1564.

He died on April 23rd, 1616.

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B. WHERE WAS SHAKESPEARE BORN? (THE TOWN AND COUNTRY)

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ANSWER:

Stratford-upon-Avon,England

(Later moved to London)

C. WHAT PROFESSIONS DID SHAKESPEARE HOLD?

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ANSWER:

PoetPlaywright

Actor

D. WHO WERE THE MONARCHS DURING SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE?

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ANSWER:

Queen Elizabeth I

King James I (Formerly King James VI of Scotland)

E. WHERE WERE MOST OF THE PLAYS PERFORMED?

ANSWER:

The Globe Theater in London.

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F. WAS SHAKESPEARE EVER MARRIED? TO WHO?

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ANSWER:

At 18, he married 26-year old Anne Hathaway.

They had three children: Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith.

CATEGORY TWO: THE WORKS AND THE LANGUAGE

( A ) – 2 points

( B ) – 2 points

( C ) – 3 points

( D ) – 4 points

( E ) – 4 points

( F ) – 5 points ONWARD!

A: HOW MANY POEMS DID HE WRITE? HOW MANY SONNETS?

ANSWER:

He wrote 38 plays.

He wrote 154 sonnets.

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B: WHAT VERSION OF ENGLISH DID SHAKESPEARE SPEAK?

ANSWER:

Modern English! (Believe it or not)

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C: WHAT GENRES OF PLAYS DID HE WRITE? (NAME THREE.)

ANSWER:

Comedies: ends in marriageHistories: named after historical figures

Tragedies: ends in death

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D: HOW MANY LINES ARE IN A SONNET? RHYME SCHEME?

ANSWER:

There are 14 lines.

In Shakespearian sonnets, the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.

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E: NAME TWO MODERN MOVIES BASED ON SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS.

POSSIBLE ANSWERS: “O” – Othello

“10 Things…” – Taming of the Shrew“She’s the Man” – Twelfth Night

“My Own Private Idaho” – Henry IV“Romeo and Juliet”

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F: HOW ARE SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS DIVIDED?

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ANSWER:

There are always 5 Acts.

AND THE WINNING TEAM IS…The Prize:

+5 points to be added to any assignment you would like.

First dibs on parts when reading Macbeth! (Or, the option to pass on reading during the first act.)

MACBETHA tragic combination of magic,

murder, and madness…

BRITISH LIT / HISTORY TIMELINE428 — 1100: Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period C. 500: Events of Beowulf AND Morte D’Arthur take place C. 700: Beowulf composed in present form 1066: Battle of Hastings (Norman Conquest): begins Middle English

1350 — 1500: Middle English Period (When everyone spoke M.E.) C. 1387: Chaucer, "Prologue" to Canterbury Tales 1470: Sir Thomas Malory completes Morte D’Arthur 1470: William Caxton’s printing press begins standardizing language 1492: Columbus lands in America

1500 — 1660: The Renaissance: Begins Modern English 1558: Reign of Queen Elizabeth I BEGINS 1564: William Shakespeare is born 1577: Raphael Holinshed publishes The Chronicles of England, Scotland

and Ireland (Holinshed’s Chronicles) 1603: Reign of Queen Elizabeth I ENDS, Reign of King James I BEGINS 1605: Shakespeare's Macbeth 1616: Shakespeare dies 1620: Pilgrims land at Plymouth 1625: Reign of King James I ENDS

KEY THEMES Ambition / Power / Corruption Cruelty and Gender Kingship vs. Tyranny

KEY MOTIFS Hallucinations Violence Prophecy

Blood The Weather

KEY SYMBOLS

What is familiar from previous texts?

PLOT SUMMARYWitches,Murder,TreasonPsychotic wives,Fate,Revenge…

Plot Summary

MAIN CHARACTERSMacbeth and Lady MacbethDuncan IMalcom, DonalbainBanquoThree WitchesMacduff and Lady Macduff

Character Summary

HISTORY Based on Holinshed’s Chronicles.

Macbeth did exist, was a Scottish king.

Was written to please King James when his reign as King of England began.