Process

** 1) The Life of William Shakespeare ** 1a) When and where was Shakespeare born? Why do you think we do not know his exact birthday? 1b) Shakespeare's son, Hamnet, died while Shakespeare was writing Romeo and Juliet. Why were many childhood diseases fatal during the 16th century? How do you think Hamnet's death affected the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet? 1c) From which of Shakespeare's plays is the following line: "All the world's a stage,/ And all the men and women merely players?"
 * Directions:** Click on the link provided in your research section to help you answer the questions below.
 * Use this website to answer question 1a) @http://www.folger.edu/Content/Discover-Shakespeare/Shakespeares-Life/
 * Use this website to answer question 1b) @http://www.folger.edu/Content/Discover-Shakespeare/Shakespeare-FAQs.cfm
 * Use the same link you used to answer 1b

2a) Name three aspects of Elizabethan performance.

 * ==== Use this website to answer question 2a) @http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/theatre.htm ====

2b) Why do we call the 16th century the Elizabethan period?

 * ==== Use this web page to answer question 2b) @http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/shakespeare/ (Click on London in the navigation bar on the left side of the screen). ====

2c) Since there was no scenery or scene painting, what did the Elizabethan actors use instead?

 * ==== Use this web page to answer question 2c) @http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/shakespeare/ ====

3a) In what year was Macbeth written? When was it first published? (*Note: Exact dates when the plays were written remain unknown).
3b) How many plays, sonnets, and narrative poems did Shakespeare write?
 * ==== Use this website to answer question 3a) @http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/canon.htm ====
 * Use this web page to answer question 3b) @http://www.bardweb.net/works.html

3c) What term is often used to describe the plays written between 1600-1608 (Macbeth and King Lear)? Why is this termed used?

 * ==== Use this web page to answer question 3c) @http://www.bardweb.net/works.html ====

4a) How many different words were used in Shakespeare's plays? What was the average number of words in an Elizabethan's vocabulary?
4b) What is prose? What is a rhymed couplet? Where do you hear something similar to rhymed couplets in your everyday life? 4c) Navigate this website (@http://elizabethan.org/compendium/8.html) to find 3 interesting facts about Elizabethan language. Be sure to scroll to the bottom and click on "More Language," "Random Vocabulary," etc. Record your 3 facts on the handout.
 * ==== Use this web page to answer question 4a) @http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-dictionary.htm (*Hint: Scroll down to the 3rd section with a blue heading). ====
 * ==== Use this web page to answer question 4b) @http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl339/verseprose.html. ====

5a) Complete the phrase "You get __X__ from the __X__" for 3 services and 3 occupations.
5b) What does "in kind" mean? 5c) Read the section "On Changing Names" at @http://elizabethan.org/compendium/9.html. Now return to this link: @http://elizabethan.org/compendium/3.html and record the names of occupations that you still hear today. Can you think of more last names that represent occupations?
 * ==== Use this web page to answer question 5a) @http://elizabethan.org/compendium/3.html ====
 * Use this web page to answer question 5b) @http://elizabethan.org/compendium/30.html

Literary and Dramatic Terms
Pair and share to find the meanings of the following terms on these websites ( @http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html or []):
 * aside
 * climax
 * conflict
 * comic relief
 * characterization
 * internal conflict
 * external conflict
 * dramatic irony
 * falling action
 * foil
 * foreshadowing
 * personification
 * resolution
 * realism
 * rising action
 * stage directions
 * soliloquy
 * paradox
 * theme
 * tragedy
 * tone