ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which monarch (king or queen) was on the throne during Shakespeare’s time?
A
Henry VIII
B
Mary
C
George
D
Elizabeth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -About Elizabeth Tudor. Queen Elizabeth I ruled England during most of Shakespeare’s lifetime. She was born on September 7, 1533, in Greenwich, and she died on March 24, 1603, in Richmond, Surrey, after 45 years as queen.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare wrote and performed in London during the reign of two different monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Elizabethan Era For most of Shakespeare’s life, Elizabeth I was the Queen of England. She came to power after her half-sister, Mary I, who ruled England with her husband, Philip II of Spain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years’ War.

Detailed explanation-5: -Elizabeth I-the last Tudor monarch-was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Her early life was full of uncertainties, and her chances of succeeding to the throne seemed very slight once her half-brother Edward was born in 1537.

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