Shakespeare
The Globe
Julius Caesar CHARACTERS
STAGE VOCABULARY
PLAY VOCABULARY
100
The place of Shakespeare's birth and where he grew up as a boy
What is Stratford on Avon
100
The shape of the theater
What is round
100
The name of the person Caesar "replaces" in power
Who is POMPEY
100
When an actor makes a quick remark only to the audience and it's not heard by those on stage
What is an ASIDE
100
A genre of literature which is meant to be acted out on stage
What is DRAMA
200
The occupation by which Shakespeare supported his family
What is playwright
200
How the Globe was lit
What is by natural sunlight
200
The true friend of Caesar who does not betray him
Who is ANTONY
200
A long speech of importance made by a main character to other characters on stage
What is a MONOLOGUE
300
The name of the acting company Shakespeare headed
What is The King's Men
300
How the townspeople knew if a performance was scheduled that day
What is the color of the flag flown at the top
300
Represents honor and integrity -- What Rome stands for
Who is BRUTUS
300
An important speech made by a main character when they are ALONE on the stage
What is a SOLILOQUY
300
A type of drama in which the central character (or characters) meet terrible disaster or great misfortune
What is TRAGEDY
400
The name of Shakespeare's wife and mother of their three children
What is Anne Hathaway
400
The "special rule" about actors in this time period...
What is they were only MALE
400
Represents envy and discord
Who is CASSIUS
400
The type of speech in which the "common folk" or uneducated/lacking social status characters DO NOT USE in Shakespeare's works
What is BLANK VERSE
400
A reference to a well known place, person, or event from past history or literature or mythology. Example: calling Tybalt "Prince of Cats"
What is an ALLUSION
500
The day of Shakespeare's birth AND death
What is April 23rd (1564 - 1616)
500
The name of those who paid a penny to stand in "the pit" around the stage
What is "groundlings"
500
Represents ambition and power
Who is CAESAR
500
The "special" rhyming scheme that Shakespeare writes with -- a series of 10 syllables that follow an unstressed and then stressed syllable pattern
What is IAMBIC PENTAMETER
500
the "official" term for conversation between characters. In drama it follows the name of the speaker and IS NOT written in quotation marks!
What is DIALOGUE
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