Schülerarbeit: Surfer's log

Surfer's log group 2 (Shakespeare's time)

where: http://www.elizreview.com/
why: basic info
where: http://www.elizreview.com/giulio.htm
why: articles on eliz. Time
where: http://www.bl.uk/
why: British library - for further info
where: http://www.elizreview.com/links.htm
why: further links, check out later
where: http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/life.htm#History
why: Elizabethan era
where: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/history/internet/geograph/europe/medieval/
why: culture, art......
where: http://www.rdg.ac.uk./globe/Globe.html
why: the Globe, theatre important for Nina
where: http://www.renfair.com/guide.htm
why: costumes, clothes, PICTURES
where: http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/Bloodypainful.html
why: punishment, crime
where: http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/architecture.html
why: architecture
where: http://www.dnaco.net./~aleed/corsets/general.html
why: costume
where: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/p/e/peg5/super_nat.html
why: supernatural
where: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/reninfo.htm
why: general list of further links
where: http://www.missouri.edu/~engbob/courses/215/archives/essay1/jcre1.html
why: renaissance

His life:

whittawer 1. archaic: one who processes skins by tawing, 2. chiefly dialectal: a harness maker / saddler [Anmerkung: diese Vokabelerklärung konnten die Schülerinnen nicht finden. Sie baten mich daher, die Erklärung zu ergänzen, was erst mit Hilfe des Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Springfield: Webster, 1966), S. 2610f, gelang.]
dowry - property or money brought by a newly married woman to her husband when the marry
to conjecture - to conclude or suppose from evidence insufficient to ensure reliablity
to bequeath - to hand down, to pass on, to dispose of (property or money) by last will
alleged (adj.) doubtful, suspect, supposed, asserted without proof

His career:

the ascent - an act of going or coming up
a proprietor - the owner of a business or establishment
a troupe - a company or group of actors or other performers, esp. one that travels around
a purchaser - a person who buys sth.
to conspire - to form a conspiracy / a conspiracy: a secret plan by a group of people to do sth. illegal or harmful
to absolve - to free from guilt or blame or their consequences
a stockholder - a person or organisation that owns shares (a part or portion of a larger amount which is divided among several or many people

His works:

a folio - a paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript
medieval - of the Middle Ages
farce - a funny play for the theatre based on ridiculous situations and events
to satirize- to attack sb/sth. using satire
ensnarement (n.) to ensnare - to catch sb/sth. in, or as if in, a trap
a usurer a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest
pattern (n.) the way in which sth. happens, moves, develops or is arranged
epic (adj.) of or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style
misanthropy- misantrophe: a person who hates other people and avoids human society
to usurp to seize or hold by force or without legal rights
engraving the art of cutting or carving designs on metal, stone, etc.