Shakespearian Literary Terms
Shakespeare's History
Characters
Acts I, II, & III
Acts IV & V
100
Speech in a play in which a character reveals his thoughts to the audience but not to other characters in the play
What is a soliloquy
100
Shakespeare's Birthday
What is April 23, 1564
100
Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted son, claiming to be Caesar's heir
What is Octavius Caesar
100
The two men who reprimand the common people for celebrating Caesar and the defeat of Pompey
What is Marullus and Flavius
100
This bad omen appears to Brutus in his tent and says this
What is the ghost of Caesar and "We'll meet again at Phillipi"
200
A 14 line poem poem that follows the specific rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, and ends in a rhyming couplet
What is a sonnet
200
Shakespeare's hometown
What is Stratford Upon Avon
200
The third member of the triumvirate besides Marc Antony and Octavius Caesar who has little power and is not respected by Marc Antony
What is Lepidus
200
The soothsayer issued this warning and Caesar ignored it
What is "Beware the ides of March"
200
This character dies on his birthday, asks his servant to stab him, and dies the least honorable death
What is Cassius
300
When an actor is having a conversation with another character on stage, but turns to the audience to make a joke that only they can hear
What is an aside
300
Shakespeare left home for London to pursue these 2 related careers
What is a playwright and acting career
300
One of the conspiritors who persuades Caesar to ignore the Calpurnias's dream and the bad omens and come to the Capitol
What is Decius Brutus
300
The name of the conspirator who stabs Caesar first and the amount of times he was stabbed
What is Casca; 33 times
300
This character asks Volumnius and Strato to hold his sword while he runs on it and dies the most honorable death of all
What is Brutus
400
is a play on words that produces a double meaning. "I am a mender of bad soles" is a popular example from Caesar
What is a pun
400
Shakespeare's son who died from the black plague
What is Hamnet
400
After Caesar's murder, he is still convinced that he did the right thing by murdering Caesar
What is Marcus Brutus
400
The two rules that Marc Antony needs to follow in his funeral speech for Caesar
What is cannot blame the conspirators and must say he speaks with the permission of the conspirators
400
Brutus and Cassius argue over these two things in Brutus tent in Phillipi
What is the forged letters and Cassius not lending Brutus money
500
A character of noble stature, suffers from a tragic flaw of his own personality, and suffers a fall not completely deserved, but comes to terms with it before dying
What is a tragic hero
500
Shakespeare studied this and learned most of his drama writing skills from this writer and genre
What is Sophocles and Greek Drama
500
Is accused of corrupting all of the senators and plotting the murder of Caesar
What is Caius Cassius
500
This man is mistaken for a conspirator and is killed by the common people because he holds the same name as a conspirator
What is Cinna the poet
500
Antony says this of Brutus after he finds his dead body on the battlefield
What is "He is the noblest of all the Romans"
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