2) Shakespeare Flashcards
Who were predecessors of Shakespeare?
Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe
Name the contemporaries of Shakespeare
Ben Johnson, Thomas Dekker, John Marston, Thomas Middleton
Who were Shakespeare’s successors?
John Webster, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Cyril Tourneur, Phillip Massinger, John Ford
Where was William Shakespeare born and where did he die?
Stratford Upon Avon
When was William Shakespeare born?
April 23 1564
When did William Shakespeare die?
April 23 1616
What are some basic features of Shakespearean drama?
major role of imagination, “empty stage”, virtually no sets, the audience was seated according to their rank, no lighting - plays were put on in the afternoon
Name Shakespeare’s early plays
three parts of Henry VI, Richard III, King John
About who is Shakespeare’s play King John?
about the reign of John the Lackland, the famously weak king
Name Shakespeare’s early comedies
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night
Which are Shakespeare’s major tragedies?
Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Ceasar, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, Timon of Athens, King Lear, Macbeth, Anthony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus
Shakespeare’s late comedies
All is Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure
Shakespeare’s romances
Pericles, Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Henry VIII, Two Noble Kinsmen
Name Shakespeare’s poetry works
The Sonnets, The Phoenix and the Turtle, Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece
Which are the themes of Shakespeare’s sonnets?
love, beauty, time, betrayal, insecurity, joy
How many sonnets is in Shakespeare’s The Sonnets?
154
How many of Shakespeare’s sonnets is addressed to a man?
126
Name the three persons that occur in Shakespeare’s The Sonnets
Fair Young Man, the Dark Lady, the Rival Poet
Which Shakespeare’s sonnet deals with the idea that while natural beauty can be fleeting, the power of poetry can capture and preserve the beauty and spirit of a person for eternity?
no. 18
Which Shakespeare’s sonnet explicitly discusses gender and sexuality, gender fluidity, love and desire?
no. 20
Which Shakespeare’s sonnet is considered a parody or satire of the traditional love poems that idealize the beauty of women?
no. 130
