Shakespeare test Flashcards
(55 cards)
time of day that people in Shakespeare’s time went to plays
during the day
the first english theatre was built how many years before shakespeare wrote plays
20
sonnet 146
its an apostrophe
he addresses his soul
sonnet 18
his beloved is superior to the loveliness of nature
the amount of people that could fit in a theatre
2,000
theatres used simple _
props
the costumes were based on the…
contemporary clothing styles of the times
these professional troupes employed _ only
male actors
the word “weird”:
derived from old english word ‘wyrd’
wyrd means fate or destiny
later use refers to the three Fates of classical mythology
an allusion to the Fates of mythology
the three sisters
The Tragic Hero
according to Aristotle, the tragic hero was a man who rose to high position and then fell to death and desolation
most of shakespeare’s lines are written in…
poetry. but they don’t rhyme or have set rhythm
the essential pattern in shakespear’s plays is?
blank verse
shakespear often uses _
figurative language
simile
making comparison using “like” or “as”
metaphor
macbeth is a “dead-butcher” and lady macbeth is a “fiend-like queen”
hyperbole
“all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand”
motif
recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes
visions and hallucinations-
usually supernatural signs of guilt
prophecies-
prophecy sets the plot in motion
violence-
including endless references to bloodstained hands
soliloquy
a monologue
aside
device used to give audience insight into character. here the character is speaking to himself or the audience
foil
a character who highlights or emphasizes certain traits of the main character by contrasting them
shakespeare used lady macbeth and banquo as foils for macbeth
