| Where was Shakespeare born and when? | 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom |
| Describe the political climate, and the source of political tension, during Shakespeare’s life and explain its influence on Shakespeare. | -During Shakespeare’s time, Queen Elizabeth I was at the beginning of her rule, a time of extreme religious conflict-Before Shakespeare was born, the Tudor family ruled England and changed the religion from Catholic to Protestant, and then back to Catholic, causing great conflict |
| Who were Shakspeare’s parents? | -Shakespeare’s father was John Shakespeare, a glove-maker-His mother was Mary Shakespeare. -They were farmers, but were not content with the farming lifestyle so they decided to leave the country and move to Stratford.-John became a master glover and the family was able to afford a nice house before Shakespeare was born. -John was elected into the town council on July 4th, 1565, and was elected the mayor of Stratford in 1569. |
| How was Shakespeare raised and educated? When did he go to school? | -William began attending school in 1571, where he would sit in a classroom all day and learn Latin and practice memorization. -Four of William’s teachers were other religions than Protestant, making it a controversial environment at that time. -At school, the boys performed plays. |
| John Shakespeare, criminal? Explain. | -John Shakespeare can be considered a criminal because he was apart of an illegal wool dealing where he would deal between 5,000 and 6,000 pounds of wool. -He also would loan money to people with an extremely large amount of interest. |
| Coventry mystery plays and their influence on Shakespeare as a young boy? | The Coventry Mystery Plays or Coventry Corpus Christi Pageants are a cycle of miracle plays, of which only two survive. |
| Shakespeare’s education after age nine? | -After the age of nine, Shakespeare attended the big school where he was introduced to poetry.-Since he did not have religion, he replaced it with poetry. |
| The Shakespeare’s money troubles when William was twelve? Relevance? | -When William was twelve, his father’s business collapsed and his parents began to sell their property and their son’s inheritance. -The wool industry entered a recession, leaving John Shakespeare unemployed and causing him to step down from his position as the mayor. -Due to this, William was taken out of school at age 14. |
| Describe Edmund Campion’s arrival at Dover and his influence on Shakespeare. | -Edmund Campion was the leader of jesuits and was sent to Dover by the pope. -In Dover he was dressed in disguise, but he was interrogated by the secret police |
| Shakespeare in love? Discuss his relationship with Anne Hathaway. How old was she? Why did they marry? When did they marry? Who married them? Shakespeare’s first Sonnet? | -Anne Hathaway was about nine years older than Shakespeare. -There is not much known information about Anne Hathaway. -The two married on November 30, 1582. Shakespeare’s first Sonnet is addressed to Anne. |
| William Shakespeare, criminal? Explain. | Shakespeare was beaten and put in jail after poaching one of Sir Thomas Lucy’s deers. |
| Discuss the 26th of October in Warwickshire and the aftermath, and its impact on Shakespeare? | -On the 26th of October John Summerville announced to everyone at the inn that Queen Elizabeth was a heretic and he was going to London to assassinate her. -The government found out that the Arden family was planning to kill the queen so they turned to Sir Thomas Lucy. -Sir Thomas Lucy issued a warrant for the Arden family’s arrest, and for anyone related to them’s houses to be searched. |
| The Lost Years in Lancashire | -Under the identity William Shakeshaft, Shakespeare spent ten years in Lancashire where he lived and worked at the Houghton tower. -It is thought that he may have been a teacher in Lancashire for catholic children who weren’t allowed to attend protestant grammar school. |
| Describe Elizabethan theatre and Shakespeare’s career as an actor. | -During the Elizabethan era, all the actors were male. -There were very few props used and there was seating for the different social classes, having different priced tickets. -Shakespeare acted in many of his own plays. |
| The influence and importance of King James I. | King James I was a patron of William Shakespeare and a great supporter of the arts and drama. Shakespeare’s company was known as the King’s Players. |
| ACT 3″Why did I marry? This honest creature doubtless /Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds,” Othello says in Act III, scene iii, ll. 244-45. Who is the “honest creature” and how does this speech confirm Othello’s emotional decline? | … |
| ACT 3As Emilia prepares her mistress’s wedding bed, Desdemona talks of her mother’s servant Barbary who was forsaken by a mad lover, 4.3.25ff; then she and Emilia talk about whether they would be unfaithful to their husbands or not (4.3.60ff). What is the significance of this conversation? | … |
| ACT 3″I do beseech you, / Though I perchance am vicious in my guess–/As, I confess, it is my nature’s plague / To spy in to abuses, and (oft) my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not” | … |
| ACT 3″Trifles light as air ware to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.” | … |
| ACT 3″They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungrily, and when they are full they belch us.” | … |
| ACT 2″My soul hath her content so absolute / That none other comfort like to this / Succeeds in unknown fate.” | … |
| ACT 2″If I can fasten but one cup upon him…” | … |
| ACT 2″O, you are well tuned now, / But I’ll set down the pegs that make this music, / As honest as I am.” | … |
| ACT 2″But partly led to diet my revenge / For that I do suspect the lusty Moor / Hath leaped into my seat—the thought whereof / Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards / And nothing can or shall content my soul / Till I am evened with him, wife for wife” | … |
| ACT 2″O, I have / lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of / myself, and what remains is bestial” | … |
Othello Test
September 5, 2019