Globe Theater Flashcards
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Where did he go to school?
Stratford Grammar School, left at 15
Who was his wife and how many kids did he have?
Anne Hathaway, had 3 children
Where was his burial
The church of Holy Trinity, and he had a curse on his tombstone
How did he first appear as a poet
With Venus and Addonis.
What was his nickname
Avon
Queen Elizabeth
She was the first virgin queen Elizabeth.
Age of discovery
A.Pursuit of scientific knowledge and the exploration of human nature.
B.Assumptions concerning feudalism were openly challenged.
C.Shakespeare’s works were concerned with civil harmony, either resorting of maintaining it.
The Reformation
England was a Protestant and Anglican country
Continuous religious strife
Bloody Mary ruled for five years and killed whoever she wanted.
The renaissance
Cultural rebirth of Europe
Based on the rediscovery of the literature of Greece and Rome.
Music of the Shakespeare-baroque
Strings, woodwinds and brass, Vivaldi, Handel, Corelli
