The Man
This is the name of William Shakespeare's wife
Who is Anne Hathaway?
The number of words that Shakespeare created that we still use today.
What is 1,700?
To be or not to be, that is the question
What is "I'm questioning living and dying/existing or not"?
This is the era that Shakespeare lived in.
What is the Elizabethan era?
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of this literary term.
What is a simile?
This is the town that Shakespeare was born in
Where is Stratford-Upon-Avon?
Written by Shakespeare during the 1590s.
What are plays, sonnets, adn poems?
Romeo, Romeo! wherefore are thou Romeo?
What is "Awe man, why do you have to be Romeo? (from the family you're from)"?
This illness killed 1/3 of the country.
What is the bubonic plague?
This part of the plot occurs after the climax, where the action begins to come to a close and loose ends start to be tied up.
What is the falling action?
This is the name of Shakespeare's son, who died at the age of 11
Who is Hamnet Shakespeare?
Shakespeare wrote 154 of these 14 lined love poems
What are sonnets?
We know what we are, but know not what we may be
What is "We know ourselves now, but don't know what we could become"?
This is the one time of year when acting and plays were not allowed.
What is the 40 days of Lent?
These two families are the feuding households at the center of Romeo and Juliet.
Who are the Montagues and Capulets ?
Shakespeare left this to his wife in his will.
What is the second best bed?
Greene, a fellow writer, called Shakespeare this.
What is an "upstart crow"?
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interrèd with their bones
What is "People only remember the bad things you do when you die; everything good gets buried with you"?
This person took the throne in 1663, after the death of Queen Elizabeth.
Who is King James VI of Scotland?
In Homer's The Odyssey, this hero spends ten years trying to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus?
Types of plays written by Shakespeare.
What are comedies, tragedies, and Histories?
As a writer, Shakespeare averaged this number of plays per year.
What is 1.5-2?
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more;
What is "Life is nothing more than an illusion. It’s like a poor actor who struts and worries for his hour on the stage and then is never heard from again"?
This is what a groundling would pay to throw fruit at The Globe Theater.
What is one penny?
This term describes a character—often a protagonist—who lacks traditional heroic qualities like idealism or courage, and may even be dishonest or cynical.
What is an anti-hero?