What is the country that William Shakespeare was born in?
100
This character was bitter and jealous of Caesar and plotted to kill him.
Who is Cassius?
100
A willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment
What is Suspension of disbelief
200
A character or force against which another character struggles.
What is an Antagonist
200
The name of queen of England while Shakespeare was writing his plays?
Who is Queen Elizabeth I
200
The soothsayer gave Shakespeare this warning, "Beware..."
What are the ides of March.
200
Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play.
What is an Aside?
300
The conversation of characters in a literary work.
What is Dialogue?
300
These roles were played by young boys in Elizabethan England.
What is female?
300
This character was like a son to Caesar yet took part in his assassination.
Who is Brutus?
300
A playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments that provide readers (and actors) with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play
What are stage directions?
400
The imaginary wall of the box theater setting, supposedly removed to allow the audience to see the action.
What is the Fourth Wall?
400
The religious group who closed the theaters after coming into power in England.
Who are the Puritans?
400
This character had a dream that foretold her husband's death.
Who is Calphurnia?
400
A long, uninterrupted speech (in a narrative or drama) that is spoken in the presence of other characters
What is a Monologue?
500
When the audience knows something important that the character on stage in unaware of.
What is dramatic irony?
500
This is the city where Shakespeare's theater, the Globe, was located just outside of.
What is London?
500
This charcater gave a speech at Caesar's funeral that turned the common people against Brutus and Cassius.
Who is Antony?
500
A long speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage. If there are no other characters present, it represents the character thinking aloud.