William Shakespeare
What is 1564?
Meaning of the word "jocund."
What is high spirits and lively mirthfulness or overjoyed?
'cast thy nighted color off.
What is "Stop wearing these black clothes"?
The rhetorical appeal most associated with emotion.
What is "pathos"?
I will catch the conscience of the king!
Who is Prince Hamlet?
The year Shakespeare died. (Also, the same year Miguel de Cervantes died.)
What is 1616?
Fill in the missing words for this phrase:
With _______ in funeral, and with ________ in marriage.What if it tempt you toward the flood.
What is "If it tempts you to jump into the sea"?
When Gertrude says The lady doth protest too much, methinks she is referring to this play.
What is The Mousetrap?
Lights, lights, lights!
Who is Polonius?
Nickname given to the poet and playwright.
What is "The Bard"?
Fill in the missing word for this phrase:
Oh, my __________ soul!
-Prince Hamlet
What is "prophetic"?
Arras.
What is a tapestry or curtain?
The genres Shakespeare wrote in.
What are histories, comedies, tragedies?
To sleep, perchance to dream--ay, there's the rub.
Who is Prince Hamlet?
Verse most often used by Shakespeare. (Must be pronounced AND spelled correctly.)
What is "iambic pentameter"?
The act of talking to oneself.
What is a "soliloquy"?
Buzz, buzz.
What is "yawn" and "snore"?
The appeal that is associated with "situational time."
What is "kairos"?
Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar . . .
Neither a borrower or lender be . . .
To thine own self be true . . .
Who is Polonius?
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark was performed approximately during these years.
What is 1599-1601?
To be extremely proper, almost too proper.
What is "prudish"?
Apparition.
What is an unexpected sight; ghostly figure?
The art of speaking or writing effectively; persuasive.
What is "rhetoric"?
The first line in the play, Who's there?, is uttered by:
Who is Barnardo?