Personal Life
when the audience knows more that the characters in the play know.
What is a Dramatic Irony?
"Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. ”
Who is Trinculo as he hides under Caliban's sheet?
The type of play by William Shakespeare that cover the happenings of England from the 12th to 16th centuries
What are historical plays?
When the audience knows that Prospero is the one who orchestrated the storm that shipwrecked the royal party on the island, while the characters on stage remain completely unaware of his identity and magical powers, creating tension as they try to understand the situation without knowing the true source of their misfortune
What is dramatic irony?
This term describes Shakespeare as the author of plays.
What is a playwright?
When the actor in the play talks directly to the audience, as if no one else on stage can hear them.
What is an aside?
"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 to Prospero?
This type of play by William Shakespeare unpacks the sotries of heroes with tragic flaws that lead to their downfall
What are Tragedies?
In Act 1, Scene 2, Caliban curses Prospero for teaching him language, even though the language makes Caliban more bitter and prone to cursing
What is situational irony?
Shakespeare lived in a time when society was experiencing a __________ of arts and sciences.
What is renaissance?
When a character says the opposite of what one would expect.
What is verbal irony?
"We are such stuff
As dreams are made on: and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
Who is Prospero?
This type of play by William Shakespeare is often peppered with clever wordplay, metaphors, and insults. Often, throughout the course of the play the audience is presented with sets of lovers who overcome the obstacles in their relationship and unite
Who is are comedies?
when Prospero, after finally deciding to relinquish his magic, declares that he is "ready to obey" and "to be free"
What is verbal irony?
This is where Shakespeare's plays were performed (place and name of theater).
Where is London's Globe Theater?
when something happens in a scene that is the opposite of what is expected
What is situational irony?
"How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!"
Who is Miranda as she sees all the men on the island?
All the actors in Shakespeare's plays were this gender
What is male?
when characters like Alonso and Ferdinand believe the other has perished in the storm, while the audience knows they are both alive, adding depth to their grief and creating a sense of suspense
What is dramatic irony?
In addition to plays, Shakespeare also wrote these.
What are poems and sonnets?
a character, symbol, or pattern that appears in many stories across cultures.
What is an archetype?
"Ferdinand,
With hair up-staring – then like reeds, not hair –
Was the first man that leaped; cried ‘Hell is empty
And all the devils are here.’"
Who is Ariel explaining the actions of the men caught in the tempest?
Shakepeare's plays were performed during this time, on any given day.
What is daytime?
physical humor like when Trinculo was hit by Stephano because Stephano thought Trinculo had called Caliban a liar This is used to entertain or highlight an ironic situation
What is slapstick humor?