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Shakespeare
This stack will include Shakespeare's life, Dramatic terms, and The Globe.
Question | Answer |
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Who was in power in England when Shakespeare wrote? | Queen Elizabeth | |
When was Shakespeare born? | Spring 1564 |
Shakespeare had to translate text from English to______ and vice versa> | Latin |
How many children did Shakespeare have? | 3 |
What was Shakespeare's children's names? | Suzanna, Hamnet Judith |
Shakespeare was know as a____,_____,_____ | writer,actor,playwright |
Shakespeare wrote? | poems,sonnets,and plays |
Shakespeare was in London for how many years? | 20 years |
How many plays did Shakespeare write in London | 37 plays |
Where could it have been cheaper for Shakespeare to write his plays? | The pub. |
How many people died a week because of the plague | 1,000 a week |
If you had symptom of the plague you had a _____ percent chance of surviving. | 70% |
Shakespeare was fascinated with? | Death |
When did his son die? | 1596 |
What was the name of the play that twisted is sons name? | Hamlet |
What percent did Shakespeare own of the Globe Theater | 10% |
Shakespeare described himself as being a_____? | Poet |
Who was crowned king | James |
What was the name of Shakespeare's acting group? | The King's Men |
The burning of the globe marked the end of? | Shakespeare's career |
How old was Shakespeare when he died? | 52 |
what did the Flag signify? (The Globe Theater) | Which type of play was being performed. |
Where was the upper stage? (The Globe Theater) | Was above the stage usually used for balcony scenes> |
Where and what was the"heavens"?(The Globe Theater) | It was directly above the stage and was used for protecting the actors from the sun. |
Where and what were the "Galleries"?(The Globe Theater) | Was a three seating section which costed more than the Open Yard. |
What was the Tiring House?(The Globe Theater) | Usually used for dressing and storage room. |
What was the Inner Stage?(The Globe Theater) | Used for indoor scenes and had a curtain that would open or close for scene change> |
What was the main stage?(The Globe Theater) | This is where most of the action was taking place. |
What was the Trapdoor?(The Globe Theater) | usually referenced as hell was a trap door in the middle of the Main Stage used to play ghosts and witches. |
What was the Open Yard?(The Globe Theater) | This is where the regular civilian would watch the play from usually surrounding the Main Stage. |
Tragedy | A drama that ends in catastrophe. |
Tragic hero | The main character in a tragedy. |
Soliloquy | An act of speaking ones thoughts aloud. |
Aside | A statement by a character that is heard by the audience , but is not by the actors in the actual play. |
Iambic Pentameter | A line of verse with five metrical feet,each consisting of one short(or unstressed)Syllable followed by one long(or stressed) syllable. |
Sonnet | A poem of 14 lines |
Couplet | Two line of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by a rhyme, that form a unit. |
Stanza | group of lines or verse. |
Quatrain | A stanza of four lines especially one having alternate rhymes. |
Foil | A character's personality or attitudes are closely related to another character in the same work. |