| how many words did Shakespeare create? | over 500 |
| why are his plays popular? | 1. awesome use of language2.unforgettable characters3. multi-faced plots |
| when and where was Shakespeare born? | April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon (England) |
| when did Shakespeare die? | April 23, 1616 (on his birthday) |
| Was he ever married? If so, to who? | married to Anne Hathaway, who was 7 or 8 years older |
| Did Shakespeare have kids? | yes1. Susanna (7 months after marriage)2. twins Judith and Hamnet(Hamnet died at 11) |
| When and where did Shakespeare relocate to? | London in late 1580s |
| What theatrical group did Shakespeare join? | Lord Chamberlain’s men(became Royal Company called King’s Men) |
| Where did Lord Chamberlain’s men perform? | The Rose & The Theatre |
| What happened with the Theatre? | although LC’S men owned the theatre, their was dispute over the land |
| What did LC’s men do to fix this? | in the middle of the night, bit by bit, Shakespeare and his friends disassembled the Theatre and moved it acorss the river to the other side of town |
| What was this new theatre called? | in 1599, the Globe opened in Southwork, London |
| How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write? | 37 plays which were tragedies, comedies and historiesabout 154 sonnets |
| How many stories high was the globe? | 3 stories high |
| How was the seating? | the yard (standing room only like floor tickets) were for paupers and 1 centthe galleries were higher up and for richer cost 2 cents |
| Why was the theater open? | light, light, light! |
| Why were plays in the afternoon? | light, light, light! |
| who were the actors? | only men |
| What did the flag on the roof represent? | the type of play being performed |
| how many people did the Globe seat? | up to 3,000 |
| how was the Globe destroyed? | the roof caught and ifre and the globe burned down |
| what were the dimensions of the globe? | 5 ft high 44 ft wide 26 ft deep |
| When was the globe rebuilt? | 1991 |
| Why was Romeo & Juliet not an original story idea? | 1st source: Greek ROmance Ephesiaca2nd source: Italian novella by Masuccio3rd source: 1562 poem by Srthur Brooke called “The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet” |
| Shakespeare’s version of R&J | 1. written around 15952. one of his 1st tragedies |
| What does the prologue automatically tell the reader/audience? | 1. TRAGEDY (Romeo and Juliet will die)2. star-crossed lovers from feuding families3. constantly aware of forbidden love & tragic death |
| What were Romeo and Juliet victims of? | 1. bad timing2. misunderstandings3. hatred4. mistakes5. violence |
| What is a “Shakespearean Tragic Hero”? | 1. central flaw meets w/ disaster/grave misfortune2. downfall is result of fate’s itnervention and/or character flaw (hamartia)3. the TH is noble stature & good guy4. the downfall always seems worse than the character deserves5. TH should have recognition of downfall6. audience should experience purging through TH’S suffering |
| How many lines are in a sonnet? | 14 |
| What is a Shakespearean sonnet? | 1. written in Iambic Pentameter2. 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet3. rhyme scheme : ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
Romeo and Juliet Background Notes
November 27, 2019