Shakespeare & Globe
In front of the stage called the "pit" or "yard.
Where did the poor/commoners sit in the Globe theater.
A heartbeat.
What does iambic pentameter sound like?
"Star-crossed lovers"
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
Mercutio
Who is Romeo's character foil?
Young boys age 12-14
Who played the female roles in Shakespeare's plays?
A type of poem that has 14 lines, 3 quatrains, a rhyming couplet and a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
The servant could not read and asked Romeo to read the invitation/message.
How did Romeo find out about the Capulet party?
The man who Juliet's parents want her to marry.
Who is Paris?
They spoke in prose?
A type of poem that has 14 lines, 3 quatrains, a rhyming couplet and a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
"Good pilgrim" and "dear saint"
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
She is closer to Juliet than her own mother.
Who is the Nurse?
They spoke in verse (poetry).
Who are the rich/nobility characters?
Four lines of poetry that is like a paragraph in prose.
What is a quatrain?
"My only love sprung from my only hate! (The only man I love is the son of the man I hate!)
What did Juliet say?
Quick-tempered Capulet who wants to fight Romeo.
Who is Tybalt?
They were never meant to be read. They were meant to be experienced through performance (heard).
What are Shakespeare's words (plays/poems)?
A metrical foot made up of one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable.
What is an Iamb?
"O dear account! My life is in my foe's debt!" (My life is in the hands of my enemy!)
What did Romeo say?
He thinks Juliet is too young to get married (that is what he tells Paris).
Who is Lord Capulet?