Shakespeare: Truth or Trash?

A tragic hero is similar to a superhero of today, where they save others and escape death.

Shakespeare created new and original ideas for most of his plays.

Shakespeare's most well-known love poems are called sonnets.

The name of Shakespeare's theater was called the Globe.

Shakespeare's plays contained elaborate stage props and scenery as well as lighting techniques.

Shakespeare's theater provided comfortable seating for all patrons.

Shakespeare lived and wrote in England during the Medeival time period.

Shakespeare's theater contained powerful speeches, fancy sword fights, and humor.

The time period in which Shakespeare lived focused on human achievement and life on earth.

Shakespeare's theater contained ornate costumes and sound effects from backstage.

Shakespeare only wrote one kind of play - the tragedy, like Romeo & Juliet.

Shakespeare's theater contained eerie supernatural events.

Shakespeare's varied plays share many common characterstics, which make them classics.

Men and women played the roles in Shakespearean dramas.

Shakespeare made his fortune by writing plays and poems.

Shakespeare's plays contained insightful observations about human nature.

Shakespeare's tragedies follow the same plot structure of most fiction.

Shakespeare's understanding of human psychology appeals to audiences then and now.

Shakespeare graduated from the university with honors.

Being an actor in Shakespeare's time was a respectable profession that had a high income.