Shakespeare Plays

Question 1

Othello

Answer 1

The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice (1603 - same year Qn Elizabeth I died, ending 45-year Elizabethan era, followed by king James VI of Scotland and Jacobean Era)

Shakespeare was active 1589 (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming is the Shrew)-1613 (Henry VIII and The Two Noble Kinsmen)

Characters: Othello (Moorish general), Desdemona (his wife), Iago (unfaithful ensign), Cassio, Roderigo

Plot: Iago hates Othello for promoting Cassio above Hom, manipulates Roderigo, who’s jealous because he loves Desdemona

Quotes: “I will wear my heart upon my sleeve”
“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving”

Question 2

Macbeth

Answer 2

1606 Shakespeare Play

Key characters: Macbeth (brave Scottish general), three witches, King Duncan, Malcolm, Macduff

Plot: withes tell Macbeth he will become King of Scotland, consumed by ambition and spurred by his wife he murders King Duncan. Then wracked with dear and paranoia, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth descend into madness. Macduff kills Macbeth, Malcom ascends to the throne.

Quotes: “Double, double, toil and trouble”
“Out damned spot”
“When shall we three meet again?”

Referred to as the Scottish Play, bad luck to refer to it in a theater

Question 3

Ingredients in Macbeth’s three witches brew

Answer 3

Toad
Baboon’s blood
Eye of newt and toe of frog 
Wool of bat and tongue of dog
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf

Question 4

Macbeth characters

Answer 4

Key characters: Macbeth (brave Scottish general), three witches, King Duncan, Malcolm (Duncan’s elder son), Macduff (kills Macbeth)