Getting Acquainted with Shakespeare

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Getting Acquainted with Shakespeare

• Pay attention!

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Wills Early Life

• Born in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23rd, 1564
  (which isnt proven, but its a nice theory)
• He died on his birthday, the year 1616
• He was one of eight kids!
• Shakespeare married a woman named Anne Hathaway
  when he was 18. Anne was 26.
• Anne gave birth to their first child 6 months
  later (you do the math!)

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Shakespeares Childhood Home
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Anne Hathaway
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Married Life

• Shakespeare had three children with Anne, the
  first was named Susanna, and then the next two
  were twins named Hamnet and Judith.
• Shakespeare left Anne once he was married to her
  and the twins were born to go gallivanting in
  London to become a famous playwright. He wasnt
  faithful.

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Shakespeare Facts

• Shakespeare invented many words we use today,
  such as majestic and assassination.
• Shakespeare never went to college
• He wrote 154 sonnets (all of which are awesome)
• He wrote 37 plays (amazing)
• Will lived through the blank death
• Shakespeare never published his plays, two of his
  friends did when he died as a memorial to him.
• This first publication is called The First Folio
  and is the best proof that Shakespeare did author
  is plays.

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Shakespeare Facts Continued

• Shakespeare had an interesting will. His wife
  received his second best bed while his best bed
  and his property went to his eldest daughter.
• In his will he left a large amount to the poor.
• He was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth and also her
  predecessor, King James I.

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Queen Elizabeth
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King James I
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His Most Famous Speeches

• Shakespeare was famous for his ability to write
  MONOLOGUES and SOLILOQUIES.
• MONOLOGUE A speech given by one character to
  another character, long and without interruption,
  but with the other characters awareness.
• SOLILOQUIY Speech given by a character who
  thinks he/she is alone, and is voicing his/her
  thoughts and feelings.

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Relevance to Today

• Shakespeares language is dated, but his ideas,
  characters, plots, and other intricacies remain
  MODERN.
• Shakespeare was cutting edge for the time by
  mixing comedy with tragedy, and his vast set of
  characters
• Shakespeares is the most performed playwright
  today, and has been for centuries.

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SHAKESPEARE JEOPARDY!

• Choose a category for points
• The winners get 5 extra credit points each!!

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Questions
Life Facts Other
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30 30 30
40 40 40
50 50 50
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Life for 10

• Where was Shakespeare born?
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Life for 20

• How many brothers and sisters did Shakespeare
  have?
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Life for 30

• What is the theory associate with Shakespeares
  death-date?
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Life for 40

• What was the name of Shakespeares wife?
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Life for 50

• How many kids did Shakespeare have?
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Facts for 10

• True or False Shakespeare made up words as he
  wrote, and these words are still in our language
  today.
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Facts for 20

• Did Shakespeare attend any university, and if so,
  what one?
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Facts for 30

• How many sonnets did the playwright write?
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Facts for 40

• Will lived through what major event in Englands
  history (when many people died?)
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Facts for 50

• What is the name of the first published book
  containing Shakespeares plays?
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Other for 10

• What was the name of Englands queen during the
  earlier part of Shakespeares life?
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Other for 20

• What did Shakespeare leave in his will to his
  wife?
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Other for 30

• How old was Shakespeare when he was married, and
  how old was his wife?
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Other for 40

• True or False Shakespeare is not the most
  performed playwright in the world today.
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Other for 50

• How many plays did Shakespeare write?
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Final Jeopardy!

• What play is the following monologue from, and
  what character in the play performed it?
• Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
• The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
• Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
• And by opposing end them.