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Short Answer
1. With more than 150 works in his lifetime, William Shakespeare is one of the world’s most well-known writers. What are some of Shakespeare’s greatest contributions to poetry and plays? List 5-6 titles by Shakespeare (or more, if you can!). What do you know about Shakespeare’s life and the time period in which he lived? How does the world know so much about Shakespeare today?
Teaching Suggestion: This question guides students into researching Shakespeare’s life and contributions, as well as his impact on literature.
2. Shakespeare’s plays are generally divided into three main categories: tragedies, histories, and comedies. Plays within a category show great variety, but similarities can be found as well. What do you think are the main differences between these categories of plays? What qualities or characteristics do you suppose are shared among the titles categorized as comedies? As tragedies?
Teaching Suggestion: This question allows students to think about Shakespeare’s titles in a comparative sense and helps them to see where and how The Taming of the Shrew fits in among the body of plays.
By William Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
As You Like It
As You Like It
William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
William Shakespeare
Cymbeline
Cymbeline
William Shakespeare
Hamlet
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry IV, Part 2
William Shakespeare
Henry V
Henry V
William Shakespeare
Henry VIII
Henry VIII
William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part 1
Henry VI, Part 1
William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part 3
Henry VI, Part 3
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
King John
King John
William Shakespeare
King Lear
King Lear
William Shakespeare
Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost
William Shakespeare
Macbeth
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Measure For Measure
Measure For Measure
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
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