Shakespeare Flashcards
(32 cards)
What is Context
- Chronological Time (Time)
- Physical Location (Where)
- Societal attitudes of the time (Why)
What is a literary movement
A literary movement refers to a body of literary works composed during a set time period that share common features
5 examples of movements in literature
- The Medieval Era
- Jacobean Era
- Elizabethan Era
- Romantism
- Post Modernism
Metre
The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables to create rhythm in a line
Prose
Speech used by the common people no metre or rhyme scheme
Verse
A set rhythm to a text
Iambic Pentameter
Verse rhythm, 10 syllables, alternating stress
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed by metered lines
Introduction
Established the main idea purpose and direction of what is to come
Conclusion
Reviews and synthesises the main ideas
When the Tempest written and performed
1611 during the Jacobean Era
When did Shakespeare die
23rd April 1616
What was the time period of the Elizabethan era
1558-1603 (Shakespeare was 39 years old when it ended)
What is the Great Chain of Being
A hierarchy of all living and non living things
Theme
Shaped and affected by the context in which a text was written
Setting
Used to establish tone, mood and atmosphere
Context
A means of understanding multiple interpretations/response to a text
Comma splice
The incorrect use of a comma to connect to independent clauses
Fused Sentence
Joining two independent clauses without any punctuation or conjunction
Sentence Fragment
A collection of words that is missing one or more components required to create a complete thought (often a subject or a verb)
Themes in The Tempest
Love
Conflict
Power and Freedom
Empathy and Forgiveness
Metaphor
A non-literal comparison of two things whereby one thing is said to be the other
Exclamative
A sentence which conveys a sense of surprise or another strong emotion, often but not always ending in an exclamation mark
Imperative
A sentence which conveys an instruction or a command, usually beginning with a verb