Vocab Words
People who were theologists and were against theatre were called this.
What are puritans?
Describe the difference between black and white magic.
What is:
black magic is evil and of the devil while white magic is for those who are pure and happens through virtue and studying?
"He hath ever but slenderly known himself."
Who is Regan? (Act 1, Scene 1)
"thou hast robbed me of my youth!"
Who is Hotspur? (Act 5, Scene 3)
These are the key elements of the romance genre.
What are:
parent-child relationships, themes of redemption and forgiveness, and threat of tragedy?
Define catechism.
What is a type of religious (Catholic) teaching through a series of question and answers?
This is a shield featuring a coat of arms, often displayed at funerals.
What is a scutcheon?
"Yet herein will I imitate the sun,
Who doth permit the base contagious clouds
To smother up his beauty from the world."
Who is Prince Hal? (Act 1, Scene 2)
"It would become me
As well as it does you, and I should do it
With much more ease "
Who is Miranda? (Act 3, Scene 1)
Name the three sources of King Lear.
What are the Holinshed Chronicles, The True Chronical History of King Leir, and the Annesley case?
These are performed at court by the nobles.
What are masques?
List the four plays that make up the Henriad.
What are Richard II, King Henry IV part 1, King Henry IV part 2, and King Henry V?
"All thy vexations
Were by my trials of thy love, and thou
Hast strangely stood the test. Here, afore heaven,
I ratify this my rich gift."
Who is Prospero? (Act 4, Scene 1)
"I call thee coward! I'll see thee damned ere I call
thee coward"
Who is Falstaff? (Act 2, Scene 4)
Describe the parallels of character development for King Lear and Hal.
What are:
becoming wiser through experience, recognizing the influence they have as an individual, reconciliation?
When King James combined the kingdom of Scotland and the kingdom of England.
What is the Union of the Crowns?
This phrase is Latin for "in the middle of the action."
What is "in medias res?"
"You taught me language, and my profit on ’t
Is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
For learning me your language!"
Who is Caliban? (Act 1, Scene 2)
"As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods
They kill us for their sport."
Who is Gloucester? (Act 4, Scene 1)
Using two of the three plays, briefly describe the theme of compassion and forgiveness.
What are:
Hal being forgiven by his father, Lear forgiving Cordelia (and vice versa), compassion towards a wounded Gloucester, Ariel expressing compassion to the shipwrecked, Prospero forgiving his brother?
This type of play is governed by place.
What are chorography?
Because of this, Shakespeare is no longer able to write dramas (history plays) and began writing about history through his tragedies.
What was the Bishop's Ban?
"See how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark in thine ear. Change places and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?"
Who is King Lear? (Act 4, Scene 6)
"Your charm so strongly works ’em
That, if you now beheld them, your affections
Would become tender."
Who is Ariel? (Act 5, Scene 1)
Make a comparative argument regarding parenting using at at least three of the plays we have studied this semester.
What are:
Hero and Leonato, Hermia and Egeus, Henry IV and Hal, Lear and his daughters, and Prospero and Miranda?