& Juliet Webquest|
by "add your first name here"
- Copy this page and paste it into your
wq.htm page. (Control A: select all, Control C: copy, Control V:
- Your task is to answer all the questions
using the links provided. Insert your answers after the questions; make
your answers a different color than the question (dark green would be
good.) Be sure you answer all parts of the question. You do not have to
write complete sentences unless to answer well it is obvious you
- When you hit enter to put your answer in,
the list properties will make it part of the list. To make it look
like this, click your increase indent button twice, then change to a
bullet. This will make your answers easier to find.
- Do not use a graphic or dark color
background (you will lose points). Do not make significant
changes to this design of this page, which will make it hard for
your teacher to read it.
- Delete these directions (everything from
the word 'Directions;" to just above the line) before you finish.
Click on this link
and answer the following questions (1-7).
- Click on the link to Birth 1564 & Early
Years. William Shakespeare was born in what year?
- What date do we recognize as his
- What was important about
Stratford-upon-Avon in the 16th century?
- Click on the link for 1594 and find the
acting companies Shakespeare was associated with in the early days. Name
- Click on 1599 The Great Globe. What is the
probable year that Romeo and Juliet was written?
- Scroll down to the section "Construction of
the Globe," and answer these questions:
- Where did the timbers to build the Globe
- Who was the carpenter who built the
- What was Shakespeare's share as
- What day and year did Shakespeare die? Why
is this an interesting date? How old was Shakespeare when he
Click on this link and answer
the next questions (8-10).
- Romeo & Juliet marry secretly, but
because she is trying to escape the arranged marriage to Paris. Read
this site about marriage in Elizabethan England and answer these
- What does betrothal mean?
- Name three marriage and betrothal customs
found on this page.
- Click on the link for "more wedding
- What color should the bride's dress be?
- How is the intention to marry announced?
What happens if it is not announced previous to the event?
- Describe the wedding procession.
- What is a dowry?
- Explain how important is a wedding ring to
Click on this link and
- How many meals do people generally eat each
- Click here. Why would
people in Shakespeare's day not know what a chocolate chip cookie
- Lord Capulet throws a huge party, feast and
all. Imagine you are in charge of that menu. Luckily for you, today you
only have to plan a menu for a small dinner party. Be sure to use only
food available in
Europe during this time. Choose at least two vegetables, two meats,
and two fruits or nuts.
Click on this link and
- A famous line from Romeo and Juliet
is when Juliet says, "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" What does
- What does "stay" mean?
- Click here to get
the information you need to translate this conversation. Put your
translation in column two. Keep the phrases just about the same, but use
Elizabethan words where you can. So, in other words, you rewrite the
entire phrase but replace as many words as you can using Elizabethan
sneezes) Excuse me.
||Say, do you know
where the closest bathroom is?
down the street in the Kings Tavern.
About Theatre in
Acting, & Audience" is the link for the next questions
- How many women actors did the company
- Was Shakespeare an actor? What was the term
used to refer to actors?
- How were the seating arrangements for the
audience? How did one get a good seat?
- What would the audience do if they did not
like a performance?
- Go to the Shakespearean
Insult Kit and create your own insult. How you do it is to start
with the word "Thou." Next, take a phrase/word from the first column to
begin your insult, continue by adding something from the second column,
and finish it up royally with something from the third column. Type your
own personal Shakespearean insult in the table below. [Thou + choice
from column 1 + choice from column 2 + choice from column 3 = your
custom made insult].
Click on this link to be insulted
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