Story Structure
Character or opposing force that brings conflict to the protagonist.
Antagonist
A literary device where the God or Gods, goddesses appear to fix or solve a problem within the play.
Deus ex machina
What is the era called that Shakespeare was alive during?
The Renaissance or Elizabethan eras
What is the name of the music that opens the musical?
Overture and/or opening number
Who in the African Company adapted Richard III and is also a character in the adaptation?
Carlyle Brown
The beginning of a story introducing characters and plot.
Exposition
Who wrote the original Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles
What is the first line in Shakespeare's Hamlet?
"Who's there?"
What 70's musical did we view in class all the way through?
A Chorus Line
Where does the beginning of Oedipus El Rey take place?
In a prison
Happens after the climax and leads to a wrapping up of the narration
Falling Action
Who wrote Oedipus El Rey?
Luis Alfaro
What happens to Ophelia in Hamlet?
She goes mad and kills herself.
Who is the lead in the movie musical Cabaret?
Liza Minnelli
What genre of music did we compare Shakespeare to in class?
Hip Hop!
Sequence of events in a play or story.
Plot
What is the dramatic irony of Oedipus' marriage to Jocasta?
Jocasta is his mother!
Where does Hamlet recite the famous "To Be or Not To Be" Soliloquy?
In a graveyard
What is it called when a musical is created from an already established movie or book?
Musical adaptation
Name of the song and artist that we watched the music video of and compared it to the We Wear The Mask Poem?
This is America by Childish Gambino
In "A Lonely Impulse of Delight", who does Walter tell Jim that he is in love with?
A mermaid!
What happens to Oedipus when he discovers that he has killed his father and married his mother?
He blinds himself
How does Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, die?
She drinks poison that was intended for Hamlet.
An American form of racist musical entertainment developed in the early 19th century.
The Minstrel Show
The name of the bad guys gang in the silent short film, The High Sign?
The Blinking Buzzards