Shakespeare's Life

What was the name of the English Renaissance?

• Edwardian Period

• Elizabethean Period

• Victorian Period

What does "pauper" mean?  Use context clues and a dictionary to answer. 

• having a modest income

• wealthy

• poor

What were people who at in the  "cheap seats" in the pit at the Globe Theatre called?

• Groundlings

• Nosebleeds

• Penny Sitters

Why were all theatres in London closed for 2 years?

• People were too poor

• No one could understand his plays. 

• The Plague

Shakespeare wrote in what two forms?

• prose

• rap

• poetry

• narrative

Rewatch the section on iambic pentameter and explain in two or three sentences how it works? 

Shakespeare wrote in: 

• Prose and Poetry

• English and Italian

• Texts and Emails

Why did Shakespeare choose Iambic Pentameter?

• it was the only way he knew how to write

• it follows natural rhythms 

• it sounds good

What were some of the main differences it theater then and now?

• no good actors

• many special effects

• no elaborate costumes

• no fancy lighting

Shakespeare's plays are visual, not verbal

• False

• true