Vocabulary
A play which depicts serious events and where the main character(s) comes to an unhappy ending.
Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire!
-A Fairy Song, William Shakespeare
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England
Define: Dialogue
Conversation that happens between 2 or more characters.
What is a poem that is 14 lines long with 10 syllables in each line called?
Sonnet
What was the name of the theater that Shakespeare built?
The Globe Theater
Define: Aside
All dear Nature's children sweet
Lie 'fore bride and bridegroom's feet,
Blessing their sense!
Not an angel of the air,
Bird melodious or bird fair,
Be absent hence!
-Bridal Song, William Shakespeare
What was the name of the acting group that Shakespeare was a part of?
Define: Prologue
A short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot.
A line of poetic writing that consists of 10 syllables in a specific pattern of a stressed followed by an unstressed syllable is called what?
Iambic Pentameter
What kind of English did Shakespeare write in?
Early Modern English
Define: Soliloquy
An unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts
-All the Worlds a Stage, William Shakespeare
No definitive rhyme scheme
What was Shakespear's wife's name?
Anne Hathaway