1.How much do we know about Shakespeare's life? Why?

In this moment he is still a really mysterious figure though they are still many gaps in his body information, which means we know so little about him

2. Where was Shakespeare born? William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon

3. What date was he born on? On April 23, 1564 4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom? Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. 5. Shakespeare established himself as an ____________ and _________________ Actor and playwright 6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date? April 23 of 1616, it is unusual because the day he died was the day of his birthday number 52 7. What did he leave his wife in his will? The second best bed 8. What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England? Protestants and catholic religion 9. Who dictated the favored religion? Reign monarchs 10. Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When? Queen Mary from 1553-1558, the her sister queen Elizabeth I from 1558-1603 11. Which religion did each Monarch believe in? Protestant religion

12. How did each Monarch treat those who did not follow their favored religion? People who didnt follow the favorite religion could be tortured, executed or imprisonment 13. Why did Queen Elizabeth I ban all performances of religious plays and stories?

She taught that these presentations where a waste of time because people spent more time watching this instead about her

14. What was the Elizabethan Period? The age of renaissance where they were new ideas and new thinking 15. When was this period? Renaissance 16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why? During the renaissance the introduction of the printing press was one of the greatest tools because it increased knowledge and learning and also was responsible for the interest in the different science and inventions 17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in? In the arts 18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on? On witches, women where the most often accused 19. Why were people of this period superstitious? They were superstitious because they had fear on supernatural and forces of nature or gods 20. What were the four humours and what were they associated with? It was a medical believe that consisted in the body that was built of four humors that associated to the blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. If these four humor where balanced, the person was healthy

21. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained? A girl need to learn household things, they she would marry someone and depending on that she would place herself in social life 22. What was the Chain of Being and what did it uphold? Is a concept that says that everything in the world has its own place and no matter what you do, you cannot make your way up in the chain 23. What is the Rotae Fortuna? It was a wheel of fortune referring to a concept of the nature of destiny

24. What did education depend on? Financial standing and social class of the family 25. What was the main purpose of schooling? To teach children appropriate behavior for their social class and to make them useful members of the society 26. Why were students taught Latin? They teach them Latin because it was the language of the educated throughout Europe

27. What were girls from wealthy families educated in? Where placed by the families in a friends household where they would learn to read, write, manage household and control slaves. 29. Why were courses in university conducted in Latin? Because Latin was the international language of affairs, and men should be able to communicate in Latin, in that age anyone who wanted to make his way in the world should be able to speak Latin. 30. What was the general feeling towards plays during this period in time? Theater had an unsavory reputation. Theaters were set outside the city, because London authorities refuse to allow plays within the city 31. What was the name of the first theatre? Theatre 32. What was the name of them most famous theatre? The globe 33. What happened to this theatre? An accident happened during a performance of Henrry VIII and the building burned 34. Where did people sit or not sit? People would watch the performance standing up and rich people would have their own set of chairs 35. When did they have performances? Why? Performances were held in the afternoon, because there wasnt artificial light 36. How many women performed in these plays? No women performed, female roles were performed by young boys

37. What did the audience do if they didn't like the performance? They would be really honest and they would throw tomatoes or be really loud 38. What does Shakespeare's work provide reference for? Popular mythological and folklore figures like queen mab 39. What were Shakespeare's histories a tribute to? Were a tribute to the British monarchy and to Britain herself 40. What was Shakespeare attempting to do with these tributes? He was attempting to legitimize Elizabeths position on the throne and his position as a favorite playwright 41. How many words did Shakespeare invent? Over 1700 words 42. Give an example of a word or phrase we have gotten from Shakespeare. To be or not to be, that is the question metamorphosed 43. Name one poet who was influenced by Shakespeare. The romantic poet john Keats