Shakespeare Facts
Characters
Fun Facts
Vocabulary
Who Said It?
100
Shakespeare was born in this city.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
100
This is the character to whom Caliban pledges his servitude to if he agrees to free him from his current servitude.
Who is Stephano?
100
Shakespeare often wrote about people dying from this tragic disease that was killing many in the Middle Ages.
What is the bubonic plague?
100
Hither
What is to go closer to an object?
100
"These be fine things, an if they be not spirits. That's a brave god and bears celestial liquor. I will kneel to him."
Who is Caliban?
200
Shakespeare wrote these love poems.
What are sonnets?
200
He believes the island rightfully belongs to him.
Who is Caliban?
200
At the end of the story, Miranda assumes this title.
What is the princess of Naples?
200
Pinched
What is hurt or injured?
200
"We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep."
Who is Prospero?
300
Shakespeare wrote this other famous tragedy.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
300
This character was the Duke of Milan until he was usurped and forced to flee.
Who is Prospero?
300
How long have Prospero and Miranda been on their island?
What is 12 years?
300
Wherefore
What is why?
300
"You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense."
Who is Alonso?
400
Shakespeare lived around the reign of this queen.
What is Elizabeth I?
400
This character remains virtuous and loyal to Prospero from beginning to end.
Who is Gonzalo?
400
The game Miranda and Ferdinand are playing in the final scene.
What is Chess?
400
Supplant
What is to get replaced or kicked out?
400
"O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!"
Who is Miranda?
500
Shakespeare fell in love with and married this woman.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
500
This character was trapped by the witch Sycorax for 12 years in a tree.
Who is Ariel?
500
These two get drunk with Caliban and plot to kill Prospero.
Who is Trinculo and Stephano?
500
Piteous
What is for one to feel bad?
500
"All hail, great master! Grave sir, hail! I come to answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, to swim, to dive into the fire, to ride on the curl'd clouds..."
Who is Ariel?