Shakespeare's Time & Trivia
Queen Elizabeth or James I
What is the name of Juliet's cousin?
Tybalt
What is Juliet saying in this line? " our love is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightening". And what technique is used here?
Our love is too quick and sudden, we need to slow down, uses repetition
What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway
The heath - open field
What system decided your social position and status in Shakespearean Society?
The Great Chain of Being
Why is Romeo exiled?
Romeo says this to Juliet in the balcony scene, what does he mean? "thy kinsmen are no stop to me"
Your family won't stop me
What town beginning with S was Shakespeare born in?
Stratford-upon-Avon
What genre of play is Macbeth?
Women were allowed to act in plays. True or false?
False
The friar tells Romeo off for his emotional outburst, he calls him womanish. He also says: "thy wild acts denote The unreasonable f____ of a b ____ "
fury of a beast
What imagery does Romeo use constantly to describe Juliet here?
"O speak again, bright angel...The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp"
Light imagery
What is the name of Shakespeare's son, who died at 11?
Hamnet
Macbeth murders the king - what is the name for this crime?
Regicide
Elizabethans were a superstitious people, believing that witches, ghosts, omens and supernatural events could influence their lives and predict the future.
What is a prologue in a play?
The first part of a play where someone summarises the events on stage
Romeo says to Juliet "Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized" - the word "baptized" is what kind of reference?
A religious reference
Shakespeare did not come up with the story of Romeo and Juliet. The first Romeo and Juliet was an italian text written in 1530. True or False?
What is THE key theme (lesson) explored in Macbeth?
Ambition - dangers of over-ambition
Where is Shakespeare buried?
in Holy Trinity Church
Name two themes or lessons from the play Romeo & Juliet?
Answers should be similar to:
The danger of impulsive love
Family conflict is not productive
In the balcony scene, Romeo says in an ASIDE:
[Aside] "Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?"
In a play, what is an ASIDE?
An aside is a speech or comment that a character delivers directly to an audience
What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre AND what was the ground level standing area called?
The Globe Theatre & the pits
What are the two familiars of the witches in Act 1 Scene 1 in Macbeth?
A toad and a cat