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Lit 9 R&J Sc 1 and 2
Vocab, Prologue, Quotes, comprehensions of Sc. 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the less wealthy spectators called when they attended a play in Shakespeare's Day? | Groundlings |
| What was the ground near the stage called? | The pit |
| Most of Shakespeare's plays were performed in what theatre? | The Globe |
| What was very interesting about all the actors in the plays during that time period in England? | The were all played by men or boys, even the girl's roles were played by males. |
| The sixteenth century was really what time period? | 1500 - 1599 |
| What was the Elizabethan popcorn that the spectators ate during performances | Hazelnuts |
| How many plays have been published by Shakespeare? | 37 |
| Shakespeare was originally from... | Stratford -0n-Avon, England |
| Shakespeare was married and had three children, but he left them for almost 20 years to pursue his dreams in... | London |
| He earned his money three ways... | Acting, Playwrighting, and the Money earned by the Acting Company since he was co-owner |
| In his early years of writing plays he wrote | many comedies and histories, and two tragedies, one being Romeo and Juliet |
| all of his plays were published together in one volume in 1623, how many years after his death | 7 |
| How many copies were printed of that first edition of his plays? | 1000 |
| Round character | a character that has many personality traits. like a real person |
| Flat character | one-dimensional, embodying only a single trait. |
| Shakespeare used flat characters usually for... | comic relief |
| Dramatic Foil | a character who highlights the traits of another character through contrast. In other words, a character who shows what another character is like becuase he/she is so different from that other character. |
| text aids | the numbered explanations of Shakespeare's language that appear alonside the text |
| pernicious | causing great injury or ruin |
| transgression | wrongdoing; sin |
| heretics | those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachgins of a church |
| augmenting | increasing; enlarging |
| greivance | injustice |
| Escalus | Prince of Verona |
| Paris | young count who is betrothed to Juliet |
| Montague | Head Father of the family |
| Romeo | son of Montague |
| Benvoliop | nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo |
| Tybalt | nephew to Lady Capulet |
| Lady Montague | wife to Montague |
| Lady Capulet | wife to Capulet |
| Capulet | head of the house of Capulet; father |
| Rosaline | girl who has broken Romeo's heart |
| "Do you bite your thumb at us sir?" What does this mean? | Do you give us an insulting bad gesture with your hand. Kind of like giving the middle finger |
| "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny." | From an old feud, a new fight starts to begin |
| "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life" | a couple whose lives are doomed are going to get killed in this play |
Created by:
Mrs. Sutherland
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