What is ONE thing that you found interesting or surprising about Elizabethan England. WHY?
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Why is it called Elizabethan England?It was named after Queen Elizabeth
How long was it called this?1558-1603
What is one good thing that came from this time?Cultural Renaissance
What is one bad thing that happened during this time?Bubonic (Black) Plague
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?William Shakespeare
Born- April of 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.
Population- 1500 people & 200 houses. Shakespeare‘s family was well off. He was most likely educated in the local
school, where he studied Latin and Greek, among other subjects, during a school day that often lasted from dawn to dusk.
Not much information is known about Shakespeare's youth
Shakespeare was most likely exposed to acting groups when he was a child as companies passed through his town
1576- Theatres were just being built around the time that Shakespeare was 121st= The Theatre; 15762nd=The Curtain; 15773rd=The Rose; 1587
1582-Married to Anne Hathaway (he was 18; she was 26, eight years his senior)
1583- 1st child, Susanna1585-Twins: Hamnet and Judith1592- Will is well-known in theatre (most likely joined an acting company)
1594- Joined The Lord Chamberlin's Men (acting company)(In 1603 this company was renamed “The King’s Men”)
1597- He was able to buy the largest and most elegant house in his home town
1599- Shakespeare became joint owner of the famous Globe theater
1610- Retired and returned to his home in Stratford a wealthy man
1616- He lived there comfortably until his death on April 23 (it is popularly believed that he died on his birthday).
Wrote a total of about 37 playsHe is buried in Holy Trinity Church
in Stratford-upon-Avon.
William Shakespeare
Sonnet•William Shakespeare liked to write in sonnet form. •Does anyone know what a sonnet is?
•A sonnet is a type of poem that has… •14 lines•Rhyme pattern of abab cdcd efef gg•10 syllables per line
Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie
And young affection gapes to be his heir;
That fair for which love groaned for and would die,
With tender Juliet matched, is now not fair.
Now Romeo is beloved, and loves again,
Alike bewitched by the charm of looks;
But to his foe supposed he must complain,
And she steal love’s sweet bait from fearful hooks.
Being held a foe, he may not have access
To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear;
And she as much in love, her means much less
To meet her new beloved any where.
But passion lends them power, time means, to meet,
Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.
ABABCDCDEFEFGG
SONNET-Create your own sonnet-Use topics from Elizabethan England
(the queen, playhouses, the plague, Shakespeare)
OR-Use topics that Shakespeare would write about.
(love, hatred, jealousy…)