Shakespeare and War
Shakespeare's Henry V covers the Hundred Years War, between England and this European country.
France
Hero and Claudio
Much Ado About Nothing
If the shadows have offended, Puck tells the audience to think of the performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream as this.
A dream
This appropriately named villain represents Claudius in the 1994 Disney film The Lion King.
Scar
Shakespeare's histories told stories of the English court as well as acting as propaganda for this royal family.
House of Tudor
This real Roman general battled the Volscians in 493 BC and in his own Shakespeare play.
Coriolanus
Celia and Oliver
As You Like It
Jaques' famous 'All the world's a stage' monologue covers this many ages of human life.
Seven
Heath Ledger stars as a teenage version of Petruchio in this high-school edition of The Taming of the Shrew.
10 Things I Hate About You
Ghosts in Shakespeare's plays raised questions of his association with this religion outlawed in Elizabethan England.
Catholicism
This legendary battle is the setting of Troilus and Cressida.
The Trojan War
Bianca and Lucentio
The Taming of the Shrew
Do I detect sarcasm? Mark Antony describes Brutus as this type of man after the death of Julius Caesar.
Honorable
Replace the Illyrian court with competitive soccer and Duke Orsino with Channing Tatum and you'll get this 2006 take on Twelfth Night
She's the Man
The events of this play took place only around 80 years prior to Shakespeare's career, making it his most contemporary history.
Henry VIII
Henry VI parts 1-3 cover this sweet smelling war within the English rule.
The War of the Roses
Perdita and Florizel
The Winter's Tale
Edmund focuses on this specific word in relation to his half-brother Edgar in his introductory monologue in King Lear.
Legitimate
In West Side Story, this gang represents the Capulets.
The Sharks
Shakespeare criticizes the common man's need for order by utilizing the Roman lower class in plays like Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, known by this social title.
Plebeians.
Although taking place in ancient Wales, characters in Cymbeline fight for which ancient power?
Rome
Proteus and Julia
The Two Gentleman of Verona
Falstaff questions the meaning of this virtue during his catechism on the battlefield in Henry IV pt. I.
Honor
The classic Japanese film Throne of Blood tells the story of an ambitious warrior who assassinates his opponents, based on this tragedy.
Macbeth
Shakespeare was a member of this company, which garnered controversy for its involvement in the 1601 insurrection of the Earl of Essex.
Lord Chamberlain's Men