English Shakespeare

What were the two major religions?

Catholic and Protestant

Iambic pentameter

When it has a rhythm (unstressed stressed)

Explain the roles of men and women

Women were taught how to take care of the household. Men are at school and they work.

What kind of play is Romeo and Juliet?

a tragedy

what did shakespeare consider his main profession to be?

an actor

Why do we still read Shakespeare today?

Because it is knowlagable and it is an important part of history. Also has a big influence on our English language today.

Sonnet 130

"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare."

Write three significant quotes from Shakespeare:

"To be, or not to be: that is the question" "Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

Know the rhyme scheme of a sonnet and how many syllables it has.

Abab cdcd efef gg

What are the four elements thought to control the universe?

Air Fire Earth Water

Blank verse

Has no rhyme scheme

What did Shakespeare leave his wife, Anne, in his will? How do you think she reacted?

He left her his second best bed and she was probably expecting more because she was his wife

Soliloquy

Long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.

What is the name of Shakespeare's theatre company? Why was it called that?

Lord Chamberlains Men, because they were an all guys group and performed for Lord Chamberlain often

Foreshadowing

Predicting something that will happen later on

Who was Queen of England during the time Shakespeare began to write? Who ruled after her?

Queen Elizabeth and King James

Identify the social classes during Shakespeare's time

The monarchy The Hobility The Gentry The Merchants The Yeommanny

explain why shakespeare might find it unusual for people to study his plays as an examples of great literature?

he found it unusual that people studied his plays because his plays were supposed to be performed and watched