Shakespeare and His Times

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Across
  1. 1. The instigator of the conspiracy against Caesar
  2. 5. The young man to whom many of Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed
  3. 8. Exiled servant banished by Lear
  4. 10. Gloucester's illegitimate son, who schemes against his legitimate brother
  5. 12. Another poet who is mentioned in some of Shakespeare's sonnets
  6. 13. Symbolizes the chaos and turmoil in King Lear's mind and kingdom
  7. 14. Hamlet's loyal friend, who survives to tell his story
  8. 15. the sport/game where "assays of bias" the figure of speech meaning "indirect attempts derives from
Down
  1. 2. The term for Hamlet's famous solo speech beginning with "To be, or not to be."
  2. 3. The date on which Caesar is assassinated
  3. 4. The play within the play that Hamlet uses to confirm Claudius's guilt
  4. 6. the cynical philosopher who criticizes Timon's lavish lifeystyle
  5. 7. What does Timon discover when he is digging into the Earth in Act 4?
  6. 9. Fat, witty, and cowardly companion to Prince Hal
  7. 11. Virtue valued by Hotspur