His life experiences strongly affected the character’s experiences in his writing.

Globe Theatre.  Nicknamed the Shakespearean Globe  Built in the place of “The Theatre”  Inside is similar to the inside of the Swan Theatre  By law the theatre is closed on Thursdays Shakespeare’s plays were preformed here.

The Laws and Punishments of Shakespeare’s Time.  Begging was illegal, if caught the person was thrown in jail or killed  Illegal to travel without a permit and if you traveled with out a permit you were heavily fined. In Macbeth Shakespeare made the people follow the laws of the time period Shakespeare was writing in.

The Queen of England and the Queen of Scots. 1. The Queen of England, Elizabeth, went to many of Shakespeare’s plays because she liked the drama, and there was not a lot to do in Elizabethan England. 2. The Queen Elizabeth found the classical theatre enjoyable, but when she did not like the play she either beheaded the master of revels or the playwright. 3. The Mary Queen of Scots the cousin of Queen Elizabeth of England. 4. Mary Queen of Scots was Catholic and the Queen Elizabeth was a Protestant. 5. The Queen Elizabeth eventually had her cousin beheaded because her Catholic supporters wanted Mary Queen of Scots to replace Queen Elizabeth.

Shakespeare’s Life Born in the town of Stratford Upon Avon. This town had one thousand five hundred people in it, but many people left the town for the four day walk to London to find a job. Every week, there was a weekly market where everyone came together and sold each other their goods, and sometimes their surplus food. Shakespeare started school around six or seven, but there is no record he went to public school Shakespeare learned his basic skills from a horn book, he also recalled his school life in many of his plays. For example, the school masters from Taming of the Shrew were based upon his school masters. Not much is known about Shakespeare between the years of , but most scholars believe this is when he was perfecting his writing skills. People in London believed in fairies. Shakespeare included fairies in Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Black Death Shakespeare was terrified of the black plague because it killed a lot of his family. It was devastating for him to see his family die before his eyes. This plague killed two out of fifteen people in Stratford Upon Avon alone. There was a separate section in The Globe Theatre for people with the black plague. Shakespeare did not put very many diseased people in his plays because he was scared of the plague.

Religion Catholic Church of England/Protestant For being Catholic you could be imprisoned, tortured, and or executed. They believed Catholic priests were linked to God. The priest wore elaborate robes and tended to look rich. Everyone had to go to church or if you did not go you were fined heavily. The bible was written in Latin. Believed that each person could talk directly to God.

Entertainment in Elizabethan England  Games  Sports  Gambling  Tournaments  Strolling players  Jugglers  Mystery plays  Mummers  Trained animals  Dancing  Acting troops  Festivals and weddings In many of Shakespeare's plays like Taming of the Shrew there are many of these.

Well known lines from Shakespeare’s plays. Macbeth Taming Of The Shrew “There’s daggers in men’s smiles.” “What’s done is done.” “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” “I bear a charmed life.” “I’ll not budge an inch.” “Tush! Tush! Fear boys with bugs.” “Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal.” Many of the sayings in Shakespeare’s plays were from his time period but have lived on through his plays.

Macbeth Characters Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, became King. Lady Macbeth, Macbeth’s wife, more ruthless. The Three Witches, three mysterious hags who plot against Macbeth. Banquo, kids inherited the thrown. King Duncan, the good king of Scotland Macduff, a Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth's kingship from the start.

In the beginning of the play Macbeth was a Scottish war General and appeared to be a fearless leader in that when he was faced with the most undesirable situation he came through for the good king Duncan.

They greeted Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis and the King of Scotland. Macbeth was none of these things but when he came back to greet king Duncan he was again greeted as the Thane of Glamis, so Macbeth started to believe that the three witches could predict the future. After the battle Macbeth and Banquo went through the woods, but then ran into the three witches.

Macbeth then invited the king to his house, there his wife Lady Macbeth was hatching a plan to murder King Duncan so her husband could be king.

When Macbeth went to kill the king he could not do it, so his strong willed wife went in and killed the King while he was sleeping.

From that point on Macduff was against King Macbeth from the start and went to get the good king Duncan's son and the king of England to start a war against Macbeth in order to put the rightful king back in power.

All goes wrong for Macbeth when his volunteer solders join the rebel army and the ones he paid to protect him started to fight only half heartedly.

Macduff and Macbeth meet in Macbeth’s castle and start a final fight to see who the victor will be.

Shakespeare’s life experiences strongly affected the character’s experiences in his writing.

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