It's Lit(erary Terms)
This drama term comes from the French, meaning "placing on stage."
What is mise-en-scene?
The theatre that Shakespeare performed in is still up today, though it's been rebuilt many times. It goes by this name.
What is The Globe?
"What angel wakes me from my flow'ry bed?"
Who is Titania?
As the play begins, we await this event in four days time.
What is Theseus & Hippolyta's wedding?
Father of Hermia.
These five terms make up the Five Act Structure.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution/denouement?
Shakespeare was a part of the theatre group, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, shortened later to the _____ ____.
What is the King's Men?
"Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? When at your hands did I deserve this scorn?"
Who is Helena?
After fighting with Titania, and seeing the distress of Helena, Oberon plans to use ____-__-_________ to ameliorate both problems.
What is love-in-idleness?
Attendant to Oberon. (Full name, please!)
Who is Robin Goodfellow (Puck)?
When Peter Quince states that Bottom is "the paramour for a sweet voice," he means "paragon." This is known as __________.
What is malapropism?
This is the town Shakespeare was born in.
What is Stratford-Upon-Avon?
"I know not by what power I am made bold, Nor how it may concern my modesty In such a presence here to plead my thoughts. . ."
Who is Hermia?
The rude mechanicals have several "problems" when practicing the play of Pyramus & Thisbe. Name 2 of them.
What are. . .
- The ladies will fear the lion
- They cannot handle the violent death of Pyramus
- There may not be moonshine
- They need someone to play the Wall
Peter Quince, director of the rude mechanicals' play, is known by having this job.
The audience knows some important pieces of information that the characters lack when this literary device comes into play.
What is dramatic irony?
Shakespeare's plays are often categorized in 1 of 4 genres. Name the four.
What are comedy, history, tragedy, and problem plays?
"This is thy negligence. Still thou mistak'st, Or else committ'st thy knaveries willfully."
Who is Oberon?
Titania has several fairies that attend to her and shower Bottom with love and gifts. Name three of the four fairies.
What are Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mustardseed, and Mote?
This character plays the part of "Wall" in the Pyramus & Thisbe play.
Who is Tom Snout?
Identify the literary device that characterizes Titania's monologue when she says, "But with thy brawls thou has disturbed our sport. Therefore the winds, piping to us in vain, As in revenge hav e sucked up from the sea Contagious fogs, which, falling in the land, Hath every pelting river made so proud That they have overborne their continents."
What is the pathetic fallacy?
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" opens one of Shakespeare's most famous of this type of poem. Name the type of poem and correctly identify how many of these Shakespeare wrote.
What is 154 sonnets?
"A play there is, my lord, some ten words long (Which is as brief as I have known a play), But by ten words, my lord, it is too long. . ."
Who is Philostrate?
Fill in the blanks of Puck's final speech.
"If we shadows have ________,
Think but this and all is mended:
That you have but _________ here
While these ______ did appear."
What are "offended," "slumbered," and "visions."
The rude mechanicals consist of six "hempen homespuns," as Puck calls them. Name five of the six.
Who are Nick Bottom, Peter Quince, Francis Flute, Tom Snout, Snug, and Robin Starveling?