His Life
Shakespeare's place of birth.
Where is Stratford-upon-Avon
Language that formed the majority of Shakespeare's grammar school education.
What is Latin?
True or False: In Shakespeare's time playwriting was protected by copyright. Writers received royalties, and published their own works frequently.
What is False? Writing was highly collaborative.
Henry V's Shakespeare Play Genre
What is a History?
How Shakes made most of his income.
What is as a shareholder in a theater company?
John Shakespeare's (his father) profession
What is a glover/leather worker?
The deliberate repetition of words, or sequences of words, at the beginning of a line or phrase for effect. As well as emphasising ideas, the rhythm of this makes the words memorable and signals that the character speaking is intent on their point being heard.
What is Anaphora?
JULIET
Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee,
I have no joy of this contract to-night:
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 'It lightens.'
A cheaply printed small book made by folding sheets into quarters.
What is a quarto?
Genres of Shakespeare's Plays
What are Tragedies, Comedies, Histories, and Romances?
Shakespeare's Theatre Company.
Who were The King's Men (Under King James I)?
Lord Chamberlain's Men before that.
Shakespeare's Wife
Who was Anne Hathaway? (No Not That One)
A device in which two opposite things or ideas are placed side by side for contrasting effect. Shakespeare used this extensively in his plays, especially in soliloquies. Placing these opposites in close proximity to each other emphasises their difference and is reflective of the tensions and complexities within the plays and characters.
What is Antithesis?
WITCHES
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1
HAMLET
To be, or not to be, that is the question
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
The printed collection of Shakes' works produced by his colleagues after his death (04.23.1616).
What is "The First Folio"?
Using figurative language to describe or represent feelings, thoughts, experiences or things, commonly visual images.
What is Imagery?
The reason history plays were politically useful in Elizabethan England.
What is the provided moral lessons on loyalty and obedience?
The Two Monarchs during Shakespeare's time.
Who were Queen Elizabeth I (until 1603) and King James I?
Dialogue in which a single line spoken by one character is answered by another character’s line that plays off the language of the first. True wordplay, as if a tennis match with words. One character will serve a line of dialogue to another character who returns a similar line of text, with some pointed changes. Antithesis is used within this frequently, providing counterpoints between two characters and their argument.
What is Stichomythia?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
HAMLET
Mother, you have my father much offended.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue.
HAMLET
Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue.
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4
The year the First Folio was published.
When was 1623?
A speech by a character that is shared only with the audience, and no other character on stage. The character may be talking to themselves, or talking directly to the audience, though the effect is a shared private moment with the audience. A character will often share their true feelings and intentions, or thoughts and concerns that they have not shared with any other characters.
What is a soliloquy?
A 14-line poem with a specific rhythm (iambic pentameter) and rhyme scheme, exploring a single idea, often featuring a "turn" (volta) in thought; the two main types are the Italian (Petrarchan) with an octave (8 lines) and sestet (6 lines) and the English (Shakespearean) with three quatrains (4 lines each) and a final rhyming couplet (2 lines).
What is a sonnet?
Another term/title used for Shakespeare.
What is "The Bard" or "The Bard of Avon"?
The most common form of verse that Shakespeare used to write his plays. Translates to a‘rhythm of five ____.’ Which is a unit of two syllables – one soft, one strong – and sounds similar to a heartbeat. Many, many common English language words follow this rhythm. Some examples are begin, hello, goodbye, police, delay, and away. In speaking, the emphasis is naturally on the second syllable, not the first.
Each line of this is ten syllables long, and rhythmically sounds like:
Duh duh, duh duh, duh duh, duh duh, duh duh.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
Examples:
ROMEO
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2
(Mark it On the Board for full points)
One is poetic language, typically iambic pentameter, with a regular rhythm and distinct line breaks (looks like poetry), used by nobles or for serious themes, while the other is ordinary, unmetered language (looks like paragraphs in a novel) used by commoners, for humor, madness, or to signal a shift in social status or emotional state. One is musical and structured; the other is conversational and flows to the margin, often indicating a lower class or a character losing control.
What is Verse vs. Prose?
Which is which?
Name as many Shakespeare plays.
Winner lists the most.
A remark or comment directed to the audience by a character, that is not heard by any other character on stage.
What is an Aside?