| Term | Definition |
|---|
| what three things make Shakespeare the best writer in the Eng. language | reflects nature, invokes pathos, crafts language |
| did Shakespeare write Shakespeare's works | yes |
| who is the top contendor for "writing Shakespeare's works" | Edward de Vere (also Bacon and Marlowe) |
| Probably most acurate image of Shakespeare (appeared in 1st folio) | Droeshout |
| What is the most popular picture of Shakespeare (on our book) | Chandos |
| place of Shakespeare's birth | Stratford-on-Avon |
| Date of Shakespeare's birth | April 26, 1564 |
| Where was Shakespeare baptised and buried | Church of Holy Trinity |
| His education could be said to be a firm grounding in the what | humanities |
| wife of Shakespeare | (Anne) Hathaway (8yrs older) |
| List Shakespeare's children | Susanna, Hamnet and Judeth |
| Year given for Shakespeare's emersion as an author | 1592 |
| Original name for Shakespeare's acting group | Lord Chamberlain's Men |
| Second name for Shakespeare's acting group - after King became sponsor | King's Men |
| Name for the first theater that Shakespeare's men played at | the theater |
| year they began playing in the Globe (a public theater) | 1599 |
| This was a private theater in which Shakespeare's men often played | blackfriar's theater |
| date for his death | April 23, 1616 |
| What two monarchies ruled during Shak.'s life | Tudor and Stuart |
| Wrote Troilus and Criseyde | Chaucer |
| wrote Faerie Queen adn Shepheard's Calendar | Spenser |
| wrote the Spanish Tragedy (delt with revenge ) | (Thomas) Kyd |
| wrote the Jew of Malta | Marlowe |
| wrote Every Man in his Humour | (Ben) Johnson |
| how many plays | 38 |
| How many sonnets | 154 |
| sonnets writen between what years | 1592-1598 |
| publisher of Sonnets | (Thomas) Thorpe |
| two potential candidates for the dedication of the sonnets | (William) Herbert and (Henry) Wriothesley |
| This sonnet begins "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" | 18 |
| this sonnet speaks of the inelequence of the writer's speech and actions; wants his verses to speak for him | 23 |
| "Like as the waves move toward the pibbled shore" - about time | 60 |
| beauty is fragile; "Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid?" | 65 |
| uses the imagry of autumn, twilight, and embers of a fire to say that death is coming | 73 |
| love is constant: "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments" | 116 |
| man who said that Shakespeare was "for all time" | (Ben) Johnson |
| the most reliable source for Shakespeare | first folio |
| Shakespeares life was unusually ____ documented | well |
| More impressive then Shake's book learning is his fund of what | general information ("learned in human nature") |
| religion of Shakes. | anglican |
| the idea of what runs through Shakespeare's plays | order |
| what type of English does Shake. write in | Early New English (or Early Modern English) |
| Generaly speaking teh comic scenes are in what and the tragic scenes are in what | prose, verse |
| "repartee which alternates lines between two peakers | stichomythia |
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