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Shakespeare: bio, Merchant of Venice, Richard 2nd
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Literature
Undergraduate 3
02/17/2019

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Shakespeare's parent(s)
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Mary Arden, John
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Shakespeare's birth date
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1564
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Shakespeare's baptism date
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Apr 26, 1564
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Shakespeare's education
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local grammar school
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Shakespeare's wife
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Anne Hathaway
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Shakespeare's age diff from wife
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18 and 26
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Shakespeare's kid(s)
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Susanna, Hamnet, Judith
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acting groups that worked with Shakespeare
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Lord Chamberlain's men
King's men
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when Shakespeare started career
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1592
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death date
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Apr 23, 1616
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when 1st Folio was published
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1623
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who published 1st Folio
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John Heminge, Henry Condell
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quarto, def
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pocket-sized books folded up
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engraving & portrait included in 1st folio
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Droeshout, Chandos
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Shakespeare's main actor(s)
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Richard Burbage
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wrote "To the Reader"
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Ben Johnson
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date(s) for The Theater
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1576
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date(s) for 1st Globe Theater
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1599-1613
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date(s) for 2nd Globe Theater
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1614-1644
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Shakespeare's private theater
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Blackfriars
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influence(s) behind Merch of Venice
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Ser Giovanni - Il Pecarone
C. Marlowe - Jew of Malta
Dr. Rodrigo Lopez
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major ideas in Merch of Venice
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mercy vs law
Chrs vs Jews
love vs revenge
parents vs kids
masters vs servants
Belmont vs Venice
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major themes of Merch of Venice
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money and love
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people who were marginalized in Merch of Venice
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Prince of Morocco, Shylock
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1st Tetralogy
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Parts 1,2,3 of Henry VI; Richard 3rd
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2nd Tetralogy
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Richard II; Parts 1,2 of Henry IV; Henry V
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when Merch of Venice was written
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1596-'97
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when Richard II was written
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1595
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influence(s) on Richard II
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Raphael Holinshed: Chronicles of England, Scotland, & Ireland
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major ideas in Richard II
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contrast in characters
punishment for rebellion
right to rule
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Edward 3rd's sons
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Edmund Langley, Duke of York
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster - son Henry
Edmund "Black Prince" - son Rich II
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1st prophecy: who gave it
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Gaunt
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1st prophecy: what
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"his rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last"
Rich's haste and wastefulness will be his detriment
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2nd prophecy: who gave it
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Duke of York
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2nd prophecy: what
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"a thousand dangers on your head"
Rich's ambition/greed will be his detriment
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who helped Bolingbroke the most
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Northumberland
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who Bolingbroke accused at 1st for Gloucester's death
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Mowbray
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person who came to Bolingbroke to announce his new kingship taken from "plume-plucked Richard"
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York
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3rd prophecy: who
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Carlisle
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3rd prophecy: what
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"future ages groan for this foul act"
Henry's actions would cause sorrow & bloodshed
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4th prophecy: who
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Richard
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4th prophecy: what
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"foul sin...shall break into corruption"
Northumberland would get too ambitious, and/or Henry would get too nervous about him
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person part of a plot to kill Henry
York tries to get him killed
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Aumerle
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family instrumental in helping Henry
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Percy
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York's son
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Aumerle
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person who kills Rich
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Exton
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why Rich gets killed
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murderer mistook Henry as fearing Richard
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5th prophecy: who
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Henry B.
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5th prophecy: what
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"I see some sparks of better hope"
his son is "unthrifty" now but will correct himself later
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