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Romeo and Juliet – Background Information
Shakespeare’s World – EOL pg. 1022
England in Shakespeare’s Day
1.
Shakespeare started his literary career during Queen Elizabeth I’s reign, which lasted from ___________ to
_____________.
2.
What was the name of the first company that Shakespeare began acting in and writing plays for?
Theater in Shakespeare’s Day
3.
Why did the London theaters do so well?
4.
How did Shakespeare appeal to audience members in all social classes?
5.
What did Shakespeare and the other shareholders of the Lord Chamberlain’s men do in 1599?
6.
Describe the Globe Theatre:
7.
Why did Elizabethan Theatre have to rely on the audience’s imagination?
8.
How did the audience know when and where a scene took place?
9.
Who performed the female roles? Why?
Impact on Language
10. True or False: Shakespeare contributed more words to the English language than any other writer.
More About the Man
11. True or False: We know a lot about Shakespeare’s private life.
12. Where was Shakespeare born?
13. When was Shakespeare baptized?
14. What did Shakespeare probably study in school?
15. Who did Shakespeare marry?
16. What are his children’s names?
17. What happened to Shakespeare’s acting company in 1603?
18. When did Shakespeare die?
Notes on the Globe Theatre
I.
II.
Physical properties
a.
Located on the _______________ River – had raw ____________________ and dead ________ floating in it
b.
_______________________ in shape (like a zero) – called the “________________________”
c.
Accommodated ___________________ people (the largest theater today in London seats about 1,160)
d.
________________________ theater – everyone was protected from weather except the Groundlings
Performances
a.
_________________ scenery, _________________ lighting - ____________ gave time of day and place of
scenes
b.
Lots of action, ________________, murders, clowns, _________________, etc. (Shakespeare starts almost
every play with a __________________)
c.
Plays lasted ______________ hours and started around _______________
d.
Scene ended by
i. __________________ walked across the stage
ii. ______________ of actors
iii. Music
e.
Props
i. Death/wound scenes – use ________ bladders filled with ______________ worn under costume
ii. Minimal ____________________
f.
Costumes
i. Used costumes authentic to _________________ times, not the _______________ of the play
ii. One outfit usually cost more than ___________________ wages
g.
III.
Elizabethans loved _________________ - almost every Shakespeare play had _______________ in it
Actors
a.
Excellent _________________________
b.
Had to be able to ___________________, tumble, __________________, and play ________ roles in one
play
IV.
c.
Had to be able to ______________________ an _____________________________
d.
Might memorize ____________ roles and perform in ____________ plays in one season
Atmosphere
a.
Announcement of _______________
i. _________________ posted in city
ii. ______________ flag raised atop the theater
iii. Different type of ____________ was also raised to denote the ___________ of play
b.
Admission
i. Everyone went in _______________ door and paid a ________________
ii. Had to be at lest a __________________ worker, businessman, or ______________________ to
pay more and sit in __________________ area
V.
Motto of the Globe – “____________________________________________________________”
Terms to Know – Write the definition of the following terms. Use the Glossary of Literary Terms on pg. R102 in your Literature
textbook. If you cannot find the term in your textbook, you may use a dictionary; but, make sure that the definition you choose
applies to drama/literature.
1.
Pun –
2.
Soliloquy –
3.
Aside –
4.
Tragedy –
5.
Prologue –
6.
Comic relief –
7.
Dramatic irony –
8.
Comedy –
9.
Drama –
10. Foil –
11. Protagonist –
12. Antagonist –
13. Oxymoron 14. Paradox –
15. Apostrophe –
16. Dramatic Monologue –
The Language of Shakespeare – pg. 1028
1.
Shakespeare wrote his plays primarily in _________________________
a.
Resembles ___________________
b.
Made up of unrhymed lines of _________________________________
i. Define meter (use Glossary) –
ii. Iambic pentameter has five ___________________ syllables followed by five __________________
syllables
iii. Variations in the rhythm prevent the play from sounding _______________________
2.
1.
Define rhythm (use Glossary) –
2.
Breaks in this pattern also emphasize ______________________________
An _________________________ is a ___________________________ to something that the audience is supposed
to know
3.
a.
Greek and Roman ____________________
b.
The Bible
Shakespeare was a master of ____________________
Poetry Terms to Know
o
Assonance – the _______________________ of similar _________________ sounds in a sequence of nearby words
o
Consonance – the ____________________ of ____________________ at the end of ________________ syllables
without similar correspondence of __________________
o
Alliteration - _____________________ of ______________________ sounds at the _______________________ of
words
o
End-stopped line – a line that has some form of _______________________ at the end
o
Run-on line – a line that __________ ____________ have any punctuation at the end
The Shakespearean Sonnet
-
_____________ lines
-
3 ______________________ and 1 ________________________
o
Quatrain = ______________ lines
o
Couplet = _______________ lines
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Definite _______________________ scheme:
-
Always about ___________________, _______________________
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It’s a __________________________ poem: it does not tell a ______________________, but is aimed only at
expressing a speaker’s ____________________________ or ___________________________