Shakespeare

Question 1

Poetry

Answer 1

Concentrated language produced through rhythm and sound. Sometimes called verse

Question 2

Prose

Answer 2

Language of everyday speech.
The language used when speaking or writing

Question 3

Metrical Writing/Meter

Answer 3

Meter is the use of a regular rhythmic pattern in language

Question 4

Iambic Pentameter

Answer 4

Blank Verse
A form that normally uses a metrical pattern called unrhymed Iambic Pentameter
Unrhymed- the words at the end of a line do not rhyme

Question 5

Iamb

Answer 5

a unit of speech that contains one undressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Pays attention to syllables, not words

Question 6

structure per line

Answer 6

10 syllables every line, 5 emphasized

Question 7

rhyme scheme

Answer 7

ABABCDCDEFEFGG

Question 8

Sonnet 18

Answer 8

About comparing his lover to a summer’s day, but actually praises poetry

Question 9

Why Shakespeare used Iambic Pentameter

Answer 9

Shakespeare didn’t use it in every line, and some of his works are even written in prose. He wrote in iambic pentameter because it was pretty common to write this in the Elizabethan Era. The rhythms in blank verse most closely resembled those in our everyday speech.

Question 10

Shakespeare’s birth

Answer 10

April 1564

Question 11

Shakespeare’s death

Answer 11

April 23, 1616, possibly from too much wine & pickled herrings

Question 12

Childhood home

Answer 12

• Lived in Stratford-upon-Avon

Question 13

Shakespeares parents

Answer 13

John & Mary Arden Shakespeare, dad was a glove maker and politician, mom was daughter of a wealthy land owner

Question 14

School

Answer 14

Probably attended King’s New School as a child, dropped out in middle school when his father lost his fortune. Was studying rhetoric, logic, history, and latin four long hours

Question 15

Love life

Answer 15

Married Anne Hathaway in 1582

Question 16

Children

Answer 16

Had twins, Hamnet and Judith, but Hamnet died from the plague at eleven, along with one older child Susanna

Question 17

Lost years

Answer 17

Sometime between 1583-1592. He was 19-28 and moved to London and starteer working in a theater, while his family stayed home. No one knew where he was and what he was doing.

Question 18

Shakespeare’s theatres

Answer 18

Member and later owner of the famous group the Lord Chamberleins (later called King’s Men). Invested in the building of the Globe Theater in 1599.

Question 19

Plays

Answer 19

Total: 38, 14 Comedies, 10 histories, 10 tragedies, 4 romances, and a couple other collaborations

Question 20

Sonnets

Answer 20

154

Question 21

Buried

Answer 21

Buried at Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. His grave had a flat stone tab saying anyone who moved his bones would become cursed

Question 22

Early Modern English

Answer 22

The language Shakespeare spoke, not very different from modern english except for some old holdovers. Used both rural and urban words

Question 23

Inspirations for his work

Answer 23

Only 2 of his plays are actual original stories. All others are based on already told stories, which he rearranged, including Greek mythology.

Question 24

Coined phrases

Answer 24

• critical
• majestic
• dwindle
• one fell swoop

Question 25

Shakespearean Stanza

Answer 25

Not invented by Shakespeare, follows the ABABCDCDEFEFGG pattern

Question 26

Sonnets addressed to the "dark lady"

Answer 26

Sonnets 127-152

Question 27

"Love is not time's fool"

Answer 27

Love will always last, it is stronger than and transcends time, it doesn't answer to it

Question 28

Why are people so fascinated by Shakespeare

Answer 28

He understood human emotion, and how to portray that through writing and plays.

Question 29

The first time his name appeared in print

Answer 29

In 1583 when someone was insulting him in writing

Question 30

London during Shakespeare's life

Answer 30

Dramatic contrasts, rich vs. poor, everyone went to plays anyone could catch the plague

Question 31

The groundlings

Answer 31

The people who had to sit on the ground at the theatre because they only payed a penny for their seats. There was no bathroom, and people were often affected by the weather so the ground would be muddy.

Question 32

When were plays performed

Answer 32

During the afternoon, because there was no electricity

Question 33

Clothing in theatre

Answer 33

Everyone wore earth colored clothes, except the rich(they donated clothes to plays) so the actors would be wearing bright colors. Also helped tell the stories in the play by reflecting status

Question 34

London officials and the theatre

Answer 34

They didn't like it because they thought it was prey to "moral diseases", where pickpockets, prostitutes, and poor people could gather. It also spread the plague. They would come and shut down the plays.

Question 35

Women in theatre

Answer 35

Womens main job was to get married for money and alliances, their only education was in the house/women's roles, barely any rights It was forbidden for them to appear onstage because it was immoral

Question 36

Queen Elizabeth in 1593

Answer 36

Had been on the throne forty years

Question 37

Queen Elizabeth and Plays

Answer 37

Loved the theatre, and liked going to relieve stress

Question 38

Why Queen Elizabeth didn't marry

Answer 38

Was a workaholic. Gave her more rights than most women, and she could use it in negotiations as bait

Question 39

Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare's career

Answer 39

Very important, it mixed comedy and tragedy in a play which was something no one had seen before

Question 40

inversion

Answer 40

rearranging word order to create new rythms or emphasize a particular word

Question 41

archaic language

Answer 41

an outdated form of language, heavy meaning sorrowful

Question 42

omission

Answer 42

omit a whole word or part of a word to create rhymes

Question 43

classical allusions

Answer 43

an indirect reference to something from Greek/Roman mythology

Question 44

Biblical Allustion

Answer 44

an indirect reference to something from the Bible

Question 45

Pun

Answer 45

A play on words/playing with the sound of words to achieve particular affects. For example amusement, clarification or explanation. An important part of the economy of Shakespeare's texts

Question 46

paradox

Answer 46

a self-contradictory or absurd statement, that when explained could be true