William
The Theater
Conflict
language
literary terms
100
The famous theater that was built by Shakespeare's theater company.
What is The Globe?
100
They came out of trap doors.
What are ghosts?
100
The character in conflict with the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
100
Much of Romeo and Juliet was written in this
What is blank verse?
100
Type of character who has many personality traits like a real person
What is a round character?
200
Shakespeare was raised here.
What is Stratford on Avon?
200
The poor who watched Shakespeare's plays. Also, from where did they watch?
What are "Groundlings"? What is the pit?
200
Byron fought Kenny
What is man vs man?
200
This is something said by a character in an undertone which was not meant to be heard by all the characters.
What is an aside?
200
A character that is one dimensional
What is a flat character?
300
The number of plays and sonnets Shakespeare wrote.
What is 37 and 154?
300
The balcony scene for Romeo and Juliet was performed here.
What is the upper balcony?
300
A lost hiker must survive in the forest until he can be rescued or find his way out.
What is man vs nature?
300
The difference between a monologue and a soliloquy.
A monologue is a long speech that can be spoken with other characters on stage. A soliloquy is a long speech given by a character alone and is basically the character thinking aloud.
300
A character that does not change his opinions, mind, or anything else.
What is a flat character?
400
The three types of plays Shakespeare wrote.
What are histories, comedies, and tragedies?
400
They played women's roles for what reason in Shakespeare's plays.
What are men and young boys because it was considered indecent for a woman to perform on stage?
400
George feels guilty because he ran away from the burning building and did not try to save his brother.
What is man vs self?
400
This type of writing uses language to make a comparison between two unlike things?
What is metaphorical language?
400
A character that is used to compliment another character.
What is a dramatic foil?
500
The names of Shakespeare's three children
What is Suzannah, Hamnet, and Judith?
500
These are five differences between the theater then and now.
What is they had no scenery, many props, setting was referred to in dialogue, and elaborate costumes?
500
Mr. Jones' son needs a kidney transplant, but the insurance company refuses to help pay for the transplant. Without the help of the insurance, Mr. Jones' son will die.
What is man vs society?
500
Prose is what type of writing. Tell what characters speak in prose and why.
What is ordinary language? Shakespeare only had poor characters speak this way because they were uneducated and this showed how common they were.
500
Define verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony
What is when words are used to suggest the opposite of what is said, when there is a contradiction between what the character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true, and when something happens that is the opposite of what is expected?
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