"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Using this mini-biography of William Shakespeare's life from Biography.com, add notes to the Background Guide on Google Classroom.
In this trailer to BBC's series "Shakespeare Unlocked," what do you think the show's creators intend to say about Shakespeare? What do images in the video suggest makes Shakespeare great?
Although the Globe was burned down, London has a reconstruction of the original. It is illegal to record video inside it, but i2iTravel obtained rights, so check out their video above.
Use this video of Christopher Gaze telling of Shakespeare's loss of his young son in order to answer the final question of part one.