WORK IN PAIRS.

POST YOUR FINAL PRODUCT IN THE DISCUSSION

BOARD BY THE END OF THE SESSION.

Name: Luis Enrique Lpez Lpez

1) Describe three mysteries that surround Shakespeares
identity/ life/ work?
In 1781 an English churchman named J. Wilmot, after
searching the records at Stratford, reached the
startling conclusion that a man of Shakespeare's
background lacked the education and experience to
write the immortal plays.
Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and
there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his
physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the
works attributed to him were written by others
He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".

2) What famous quotes are attributed to him (name two; and not to be or
not to be)? From what plays are these quotes?
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself
and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry". - Hamlet
(Act I, Scene III).
"This above all: to thine own self be true". - Hamlet (Act I, Scene
III).
3) What modern words did Shakespeare invent (name ten)? What do these
words mean?
ADVERTISEMENT: admonition
BACKWARD: the hinder part; hence, when applied to time, the past
CLIP: to embrace, enclose
DOFF: to put of
EAGER: sour, harsh
FADING: a kind of ending to a song
GABERDINE: a loose outer coat
HIT: to agree
INDEX: a preface
JUDICIOUS: critical
4) What was the Globe? Is the Globe used today?
The Globe was the most magnificent theater that London had ever
seen and built in 1597-1598. This theatre could hold several
thousand people. It showed plays and was also reputed to be a

brothel and gambling house. Then it was destroyed by fire on 29

June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by
June 1614 and closed in 1642.
A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's
Globe", opened in 1997 approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the
site of the original theatre. Nowadays, this new reconstruction of
the Globe is used.

5) Simple Questions:
a) In what year did William Shakespeare marry and to whom?
In the year of 1582, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.
b) Why are there no descendents of William Shakespeare today?
Shakespeare, and his wife had three children: Susanna, Judith and
Hamnet. The last one, a boy, died in 1596 at 11 years of age.
Susanna married John Hall in 1607 and had one child, Elizabeth, in
1608. Although Elizabeth was married twice, but she never had any
children.
Judith married Thomas Quiney in 1616 and had three sons, one of
whom died in infancy. The other two sons both died unmarried in
1639.
6) Activity: Make a timeline of important events that took place from the
birth to the death of William Shakespeare. Use your own words.
-Apr 23, 1564
The Bard Is Born: William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-uponAvon to John and Mary Arden Shakespeare.
-Apr 26, 1564
The Bard Is Baptized: William Shakespeare is christened at Holy
Trinity Church in Stratford.
-1569
Shakespeare Goes to School: Shakespeare enters King's New
School, an excellent grammar school in Stratford attended by the
sons of civil servants like his father.
-Nov 28, 1582
Shakespeare Marries.
-May 26, 1583
His first Child was born.
-1585
Anne Hathaway gives birth to twins, son Hamnet and daughter
Judith.
-1590
Around this time, Shakespeare writes Henry VI, Part Onehis very
first play.
-Apr 1593

Shakespeare publishes "Venus and Adonis," his first long published

poem.
-May 1594
Shakespeare publishes "The Rape of Lucrece,"
-Aug 11, 1596
William and Anne bury their only son, Hamnet, who dies at the age
of 11 of unknown causes.
-1599
Globe Theater Built
-1611
Shakespeare leaves London and moves back to Stratford
-1613
Shakespeare composes his final plays
-Apr 23, 1616
Sufering from an unknown illness, William Shakespeare dies on his
52nd birthday.

Acivity 2:
Read the sonnet. Explain the sonnet in your own words. Make reference to
the text to create your explanation. Describe the meaning and message. Be
as complete as possible. Use your own interpretation skills (do not find
explanations and paraphrases on the internet, because your effort will be
discarded).

Sonnet 81
Or I shall live your epitaph to make,
Or you survive when I in earth am rotten,
From hence your memory death cannot take,
Although in me each part will be forgotten.
Your name from hence immortal life shall have,
Though I, once gone, to all the world must die:
The earth can yield me but a common grave,
When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie.
Your monument shall be my gentle verse,
Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read;
And tongues to be your being shall rehearse,
When all the breathers of this world are dead;
You still shall live, such virtue hath my pen,
Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men.

Interpretation:
It says that death cannot take away his memory, but it will cause everything
to do with him to be forgotten. Then it says like: your name will live
forever, but when at the time hi dies nobody will remember him. Then the
interpretation of The earth can yield me but a common grave,
When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie. Your monument shall be my
gentle verse,Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read; could be: I will
have an ordinary grave, while your grave is going to be striking and
everyone could see it. Then he tries to say that his pen has such power that
you wont only stay alive.