The Life of William Shakespeare

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We were asked to make three main points from the four subjects we researched in a slideshow.

The Life and Times of William Shakespeare

1. Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford Upon Avon. He died on his birthday in 1616.
2. Shakespeare had six siblings, three brothers and three siblings.
3. He had three children, two daughters and a son that died at age eleven.

Elizabethan England

1. Buildings in England were made of timber and thatch, and people threw their waste in muckheaps away from the town. 
2. Market Days were on Thursdays, and there were shops such as blacksmiths, shoemakers, and bakers.
3. Most poor folk only had bread for breakfast, but others had wheat porridge or boiled oatmeal.

Elizabethan Theatre

1. The Globe Theatre held 2500 people, the cheapest seats going to the standing ones on the ground. People who sat here were titled 'groundlings'. If someone important, such as the Queen, were to watch a play, they would watch in the gentleman's rooms, a place in the galleries.
2. Shakespeare's theatre group was originally called The Lord Chamberlain's Men. King James I sponsored the company, and it became The King's Men.
3. Many different things were made for effects, for example, when a person got stabbed, the bleeding was a bladder of pig's blood, or the sound of thunder was made by rolling a cannonball across the ground.

Shakespeare's Works

1. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets (long poems). His longest play was Hamlet and his shortest was The Comedy of Errors.
2. His works have been translated into over 80 languages.
3. One of his most famous monologues is from As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII. The speech has been titled "All the World's a Stage."

What am I learning?

I'm learning about the works of William Shakespeare.

Why am I learning this?

His works are still relevant today, and he's had a massive influence on the English language as we know it.

What am I wondering?

Nothing, really.