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1
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How does sonnet 18 immortalize poetry

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Says that poetry immortalizes a person so even when they die, they still live on thru poetry

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Shakespeare was born in

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1564

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Died in

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1616

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Lived in

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Stratford-upon-avon

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5
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Parents

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John: glove maker, local politician
Mary arden: daughter of a wealthy landowner

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6
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How many siblings did he have

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7

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7
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He married

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Anna hathaway 1582

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Children

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1 daughter, 2 twins one named hamnet who died at 11 from the plague

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1583-1592

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Moved to london and began working in theater, known as the lost yrs, he was in his 20s

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School

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Kings new school, grammar school. School was long and rigorous

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Educated in

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Rhetoric, logic, history, latin

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Dropped out in

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Middle school when he was 12 bc his fathers illegal wool selling buisness was exposed and he lost his fortune

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13
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Shakespeare invested in

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Globe theater, part of lord chamberlins/kings men

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14
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When did his theater burn down

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1613

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15
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Total plays

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38

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Types of plays he wrote

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Comedies, histories, tragedies, romances

17
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Buried at

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Holy trinity church stratford upon avon

18
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Gravestone was significant bc

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Bears a warning for anyone who would disturb his bones

19
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He spoke

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Early modern english

20
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Invented words such as

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Critical, majestic, dwindle

21
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Inspo

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Only two plays were original, everything else was based on events/other stories

22
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Catholic v protestant

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Dad forced to deface medival paintings, school was split between protestant and catholics, grew up in a split age

23
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Why are people so fascinated with Shakespeare

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He understood people’s lives and captured human emotion in his work

24
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kids

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one daughter susanna and two wins, hamnet and judith. hamnet died from the plague

25
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first appeared in

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1592 when ppl called him a upstart crow

26
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who are the groundings

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Poor ppl who had to sit on the ground during plays

27
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why were plays preformed in the afternoon

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bc the sunlight was the light

28
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significance of clothing

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were bright to contrast all the greys in the ground, especially the groundlings. Costumes were gifts from nobles who could afford color. some color was exclusive like purple. Color determined rank

29
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why didnt london officials like theaters

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spread diseases, attracted pickpockets, plague spreading etc, moral diseases, also ppl skiped work

30
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women

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no voting, no legal rights, barely any education, job as arranged marriage, couldnt be a teacher lawyer etc, daughters had to honor their parents by marrying

31
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in 1593 how long has elizabeth been on the throne

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40 yrs

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