Famous Lines
Prince Hamlet ponders existence with this iconic inquiry
"To be or not to be, that is the question"
This tragedy features two star-crossed lovers from Verona.
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare often wrote in this metre
Iambic Pentameter
Three witches predict the future for Macbeth with this well known chant
"Double, double, toil and trouble"
This play features fairies, lovers, and a donkey transformation.
Midsummer Night's Dream
A speech delivered alone onstage revealing a character’s thoughts is called this.
Soliloquy
In As You Like It, Jacques begins his famous monologue about the seven ages of man with this theatrical declaration.
"All the world's a stage"
This comedy features twins separated by a shipwreck and mistaken identities.
Twelfth Night OR Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare’s plays alternate between these two forms.
Verse and Prose
This King of England cries out for a four-legged animal transportation alternative during his final defeat at the Battle of Bosworth.
"A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse!"
This play follows a general who is manipulated into believing his wife has been unfaithful.
Othello
A character speaking directly to the audience while other characters cannot hear is called this.
Aside
In Julius Caesar, Mark Antony uses this specific three-part greeting to command the attention of the Roman crowd after Caesar's assassination
"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears"
This play features a king who divides his kingdom between his daughters.
King Lear
A poetic term for comparing things, often using the words "like a" or "as a"
Simile