Theater
The name of Shakespeare's theater where he was prime investor
The Globe Theater
2 words Shakespeare coined
critical
majestic
Dwindle
Flesh & Blood
Shakespeare was an author from this time period
The Renaissance
when the writer expresses a meaning that is contradictory to the situation or contradicts what is being stated.
Irony
a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. (several characters on stage)
Aside
Name 3 Theatrical Conventions of Shakespeare
No electricity
Women are forbidden to act on stage
Minimal costumes
Blood & Gore
Multiple Murders / Marriages
Shakespeare wrote in this language
Early Modern English or Elizabethan
Name three Shakespearean plays
Romeo & Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello
The Tempest
Midsummer Night’s Dream
set of circumstances turns out to be the opposite of what is expected. (Paul Walker’s death)
Situational Irony
the attitude of the speaker indicates that they mean the opposite of what they say – sarcasm.
verbal irony
When a character speaks lines that are understood in a double sense by the reader/audience but not by the other characters. (Don’t go in there!)
Dramatic Irony
Doth
Does
Shakespeare wrote his plays and poetry using this meter
iambic pentameter
a long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of other characters.
monologue
a reference to a person, place, or event, usually without explicit identification. Allusions can be references to mythology, the bible, historical events, geography, legends, or other literary works.
Allusion
This type of movement departed from medieval thought and moved toward Ancient Greek and Roman thought.
Humanism
Wherefore
Why
The name of Shakespeare's wife
Anne Hathaway
is someone who is the opposite of another character. They reflect the opposite traits.
Character Foil
Name two authors from the Renaissance time period
Shakespeare
Petrarch
Machiavelli
Dante
What was the genre of plays that Shakespeare wrote?
38 plays, which included comedies, histories, tragedies, & romances.
Woe
Misery
Name one Shakespearean poem
Venus and Adonis
Rape of Lucrece
Sonnet #17
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
soliloquy
The time of the Renaissance occurred between these centuries
The 13th and the 17th