Shannon Luster

Shakespeare Fact Quest

Macbeth

Names: Zykeria Bell

Date: 1/31/2017

Directions: Use the internet to research the questions. Make sure to formulate thorough
responses for each question. When asked to describe, make sure you give numerous
details that are well-written. This sheet will become your introduction to Shakespeare
and Macbeth.

1. When was Shakespeare born? (1)

Shakespeare was born April 1564

2. Where was Shakespeare born? (1)

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

3. Whom did Shakespeare marry? (1)

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway

4. How many children did Shakespeare have? Did they live prosperous
lives? (2)
Shakespeare had three children; yes they did except for his son that died at eleven.

5. How many plays did Shakespeare write? How many are tragedies? How
many are comedies? (3)
37 plays; 10 plays are tragedies and 27 are comedies

6. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? (1)

Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets

7. When was Macbeth written/performed for the first time? (1)

1606

8. There is a superstition surrounding the live performance of Macbeth.

Explain this superstition. (2)
People keep dying in the play.
9. Shakespeare was a victim of an illegal act. Explain that illegal act. (2)
He avoided paying his taxes.

10. Shakespeare is known as The Bard. Explain what this means. (1)
Shakespeare is known as the bard because he is considered to be the greatest poet
that ever lived.
 11. What is The Lord Chamberlains Men and how does this organization
relate to Shakespeare? (2)
The Lord Chamberlain's Men was a company of actors, or a playing company for
which Shakespeare wrote for most of his career.

12. What is the name of the theatre Shakespeare had built? (1)
The Globe Theatre

13. Describe the 16th century Elizabethan theatre. (4)

The Elizabethan theater attracted criticism, censorship, and scorn from some
sectors of English society. The plays were often coarse and boisterous, and
playwrights and actors belonged to a bohemian class. Elizabethan theaters were
makeshift, dirty, and loud, but nevertheless they attracted audiences as large as
3,000 from all social classes.

14. Literary Terms which are important to Macbeth:

a. Soliloquy: (1) an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud

when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character
in a play.

b. Dramatic Monologue: (1) a poem in the form of a speech

or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker
inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a
particular situation or series of events.

c. Foil: (1) a character who contrasts with another

character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular
qualities of the other character

d. Drama: (1) a composition in verse or prose presenting a

story in pantomime or dialogue, containing conflict of characters,
particularly the ones who perform in front of audience on the stage.

e. Motif: (1) an image, sound, action or other figures that

have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development
of theme

f. Protagonist: (1) the leading character or one of the

major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

g. Antagonist: (1) a character, group of characters,

institution, or concept that stands in or represents opposition against
which the protagonist(s) must contend