Visit the site below and click on the Shakespeare Time Line for Shakespeare's life and times. Then take the quiz on Shakespeare's life. How did you do? http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/default.htm
The site below will give you information on the movies that have been made from Shakespeare's plays. How many have you seen? Try and see at least two in the next two weeks. http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/othersites.htm#Movies
The site below will lead you to information on commedia dell'arte. You will find character descriptions, masks and pictures of the major characters. Compare the characters in the commedia to those in Shakespeare's comedies, especially The Taming of the Shrew. Can you detect the influence of commedia on Shakespeare? http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~paradiso/comm.htm
