6V English Renaissance: Shakespeare & Macbeth

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6V English Renaissance: Shakespeare & Macbeth

Sonnet 18

Question 3. Give three reasons why the poet does not want to compare his beloved to a summer’s day in the first four lines.*

The beloved is more lovely, more calm and controlled, less windy, not for the short term.
 

Question 4. What is the eye of heaven in line 5?*

The Sun

Question 6. What do you think is ‘’nature’s changing course’’?*

Change of season

Question 7. Explain what the speaker means with the last two lines (the couplet).*

The beloved will be immortalized by this poem, they will live forever in the minds of the readers after they have died. 

The English Renaissance

Italian Renaissance

English Renaissance

Italian Renaissance

Started earlier (14th century)

More about the visual arts; paintings, statues, etc.

English Renaissance

Started later (15th century)

More about the literary arts; poetry, plays, etc. 

Early Modern English

Printing Press

This made it easier for written texts to be spread on a larger scale.

Theatre

Going to the theatre became a more popular way to spend one's leisure time. 

Some famous authors

Edmund Spencer

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

36 Plays

154 Sonnets

The Tempest

King Lear

Macbeth

Work on:

Read the story of Macbeth and answer all the questions (assignment B) at the end. 

Do all the assignment in the Macbeth booklet - this covers the first half of the story more in-depth.