Shakespeare
What is Shakespeare's first name?
William
What are the names of the two protagonists?
Romeo & Juliet
What is an Act?
A section in a play, like chapters in a book.
When a character is with other characters on stage, but is speaking A LONG DRAMATIC SPEECH that everyone can hear (audience, other characters...)
Monologue
What is a prologue?
A separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.
What gender was the only gender allowed to act in Shakespearean times?
Male
What are the last names of the 2 feuding families?
Scene?
Separation of the acts into different settings.
A long drawn-out speech spoken alone on stage when ONLY THE AUDIENCE CAN HEAR IT.
This is the internal thoughts of a character spoken aloud.
What is an epilogue?
A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.
What years was Shakespeare alive?
1500s-1600s (If you get somewhere in between you are correct), but exactly 1564-1616.
Who is Juliet's cousin who is quick to fight and angry?
Tybalt
Dialogue?
Conversations between 2 characters or people.
When the audience knows something that other characters do not know.
Dramatic Irony
Foil
In literature, it is a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character.
Basically, opposite character traits.
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
37
Who wants to marry Juliet?
Paris
Chorus in a play?
When multiple actors say the same lines at the same time in a play.
The directions and actions of the characters written out on the script or in the play for the actors to follow.
Stage directions.
What is a play that ends happily called?
A comedy.
What was the name of the theatre that Shakespeare plays were performed in?
Globe Theatre
Who are Romeo's 2 BFFs?
Benvolio and Mercutio
Script?
The physical handwritten lines to read for a play.
When there are multiple characters on the stage, but one characters goes to the side and speaks only to the audience (other characters do not hear what they are saying). It is a form of dramatic irony.
Aside.
What is a play that ends unhappily called?
A tragedy.