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.
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.
1.
Shakespeare’s Life
 Born in the town of Stratford Upon Avon.
 This town had one thousand five hundred people in it, but many
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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 1578-1582,
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
 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.
Church of
England/Protestant
 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
 “I’ll not budge an inch.”
smiles.”
 “What’s done is done.”
 “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
 “I bear a charmed life.”
 “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.
After the battle Macbeth and Banquo went through
the woods, but then ran into the three witches.
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.
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.
Thank You for
Watching and
Listening
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