William Shakespeare
The year Shakespeare was born.
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 reason.
What is "logos"?
I will catch the conscience of the king!
Who is Prince Hamlet?
The century in which Shakespeare died.
What is the 17th century?
Fill in the missing words for this phrase:
With _______ in funeral, and with ________ in marriage.
What is "mirth" and "dirge"?
Partisan.
What is a "sword"?
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.
Who is "The Bard"?
Fill in the missing word for this phrase:
Oh, my __________ soul!
-Prince Hamlet
What is "prophetic"?
Apparition.
What is an unexpected sight or ghostly figure?
The genres Shakespeare wrote in.
What are comedies, histories, and 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 are 1599-1601?
Recite one line from Hamlet's well-known soliloquy, other than the first line.
What is: ". . . "
Oh, my offence is rank!
-Claudius
What is "my crime is rotten"?
The art of speaking or writing effectively; persuasive.
What is "rhetoric"?
The first line in the play, Who's there?, is uttered by: