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Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet

Use the following sites and videos to help you answer the five questions below.  You can watch the videos as many times as needed.  Make sure your answers are complete, many answers will come from more than just one of these sources.

Websites and YouTube videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_0hdTa92HM&list=PL0E6A588915AE953A 

http://absoluteshakespeare.com/william_shakespeare.htm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhZeaSH_IaA: folger video stop at 3:10ish: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMkuUADWW2A: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMr3sqWLqxM not working at the moment...

replacement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4URqr6x4UIk

1. Who is Shakespeare?

2. Why are his works read and performed so many years after they were written?

3. How did he influence the English Language?

4. Why does he write the way he does (images, words)?

5. How could things written hundreds of years ago connect to today?

***You received these questions on a sheet in class, please write your answers on that sheet, but use this post as a way to easily access the sites and videos.