It’s time once again to check in on what searches people have done to find themselves at Shakespeare Teacher, and to respond in the name of fun and public service. All of the following searches brought people to this site in the past week.
shakespeare’s macbeth powerpointThe following image was found on a hard drive from a laptop that dates back to the early 17th century. Some have speculated that it might be from Shakespeare’s famous
Macbeth PowerPoint, otherwise lost to history.
Oh, you probably meant a PowerPoint
about Shakespeare’s
Macbeth. Nevermind.
why did the tudors like king johnI’ll assume you meant the man and not the play, since Elizabeth was the only Tudor left by the time the play was written. But either way, the answer would probably be the same. In the early 13th century, King John showed open defiance against Pope Innocent III over church appointments in England. An ongoing battle of wills resulted in John’s excommunication from the church. When King Henry VIII willfully broke from the church in the 16th century, King John was a convenient symbol of English independence from Rome.
last line as you like it shakespeareHere it is:
If I were a woman I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that liked me, and breaths that I defied not; and, I am sure, as many as have good beards, or good faces, or sweet breaths, will, for my kind offer, when I make curtsy, bid me farewell.
It is the end of an epilogue spoken by the actor who played Rosalind in the play, who in Shakespeare’s time would have been male. In the play, Rosalind (a young woman) disguises herself as Ganymede (a young man), and then agrees to pretend to be Rosalind. The line “if I were a woman…” is funny because it reminds us that what we’ve just seen was a boy playing a girl playing a boy playing a girl.
who was the father of king henry the eighthKing Henry the Seventh.
how did shakespeare and king henry the 8th meetKing Henry the Eighth died before Shakespeare was born. But Shakespeare wrote a play about him.
shakespeare 6th grade which play?When I’m working with 6th-grade students specifically, I like to choose a play that has resonance with ancient civilizations, which is what they’ll be learning about in social studies.
Julius Caesar is probably the most age appropriate selection of that group.
I leave the task of responding to the remaining search terms to my readers:
descendants of king arthurword that end with the letter x for 5 years old
“why did shakespeare use long speeches”
tudors william shakespeare what he
wanted to be when he was a child
what is the symbolic value of the ghost of banquo
i am drawn to the letter y what does it mean
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December 6th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Okay, this feature, which would be interesting, is becoming – with your commentary – increasingly freakin brilliant and hilarious. Thanks for making me chuckle today!!!!!
October 30th, 2010 at 11:33 am
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