William Shakespeare: THE MAN; THE MYTH; THE LEGEND
This webquest has us learning all about the Bard himself, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is often credited as one of the, if not THE, greatest authors of all time. Here is a WebQuest where we get to find out more about this amazing man, and the work he has produced.
Answer all of these questions in their entirety and in COMPLETE SENTENCES. Do your best!
Answer all of these questions in their entirety and in COMPLETE SENTENCES. Do your best!
Section 1: Shakespeare's Life
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1. How much do we know about Shakespeare's life? Why? 2. Where was Shakespeare born? 3. What date was he born on? 4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom? 5. Shakespeare established himself as an ____________ and _________________ 6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date? 7. What did he leave his wife in his will? |
Section 2: The Elizabethan Period
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8. What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England? 9. Who dictated the favoured religion? 10. Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When? 11. Which religion did each Monarch believe in? 12. How did each Monarch treat those who did not follow their favoured religion? 13. Why did Queen Elizabeth I ban all performances of religious plays and stories? http://www.musesrealm.net/writings/shakespeareengland.html Click here http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-period.htm to answer these questions 14. What was the Elizabethan Period? 15. When was this period? 16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why? 17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in? 18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on? 19. Why were people of this period superstitious? Click here http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-clothing.htm to answer this question 20. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained? |
Section 3: Elizabethan Theater
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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? 38. Google search "Groundlings." Who were they, where did they see the performance from, and how much did they pay to see a show? |
Section 4: Shakespeare's Influence and other Bits
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39. What were Shakespeare's histories a tribute to? 40. What was Shakespeare attempting to do with these tributes? Click here to answer these questions. 41. About how many words did Shakespeare invent? 42. Give an example of a word or phrase we have gotten from Shakespeare. 43. Name one author who was influenced by Shakespeare. Use the internet in general to answer these question: 44. Give two examples of Shakespeare's plays made into movies. One that is modern (no more than 10 years old, and one that is older (more than 40 years old). Give some information about each, and include the director and at least two actors in the production. 45. Search for, and then write, at least two additional interesting facts about Shakespeare here. Click here for more words or phrases from Shakespeare. Write down two that you know and explain what they mean. We all know that Shakespeare's language is a little different from ours--hey, it was written a few hundred years ago. Click on this link to be insulted "professionally." (which we will see plenty of in the play)! |