A Mid Summer Night's Dream Flashcards

Question

Incorporate

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Of one body

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Bag; succeed were asking urgently: plead

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A disdainful rejection: to kick aside

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The lower jaw; cheek

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scornful or contemptuous ridicule

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Crying for mercy: cowardly, a traitor

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To reduce and degree, amount or intensity: moderate

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Generally agreeable with the friendly and sociable disposition

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Measurement; a great deal

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bark or call and long tones

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British coin no longer used and worth half a shilling

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Instrument like a flute

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Waxing moon

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Pit down; suppress; pacify

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What can be touched or felt: tangible; obvious

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Extraordinary in bulk, quantity or degree: monstrous

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Makes sacred; to make venerable

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Something done or given to make up for a loss or injury

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1.introduction 2. Rising action 3,climax 4.falling action 5.denouncement, resolution or catastrophe

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1.what is the problem trying to be solved? 2.what can the audience most connect to? 3.what is the outcome of the play? 4.who is the protagonist? 5.who is the antagonist?

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( 1564–1616)

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Father, John: a Glover/Tanner by trade a bailiff and Mayor by election Mother, Mary Arden William, third of eight children (eldest boy)

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Stanford upon Avon, England (90 miles from London) Learned classics and grammar school: Latin, Greek, math, ancient history etc.

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1582 at 18 years of age 1. And Hathaway 26 years old 2. Children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith

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Leave Strat Ford at age 22. 1.joins traveling troupe 2.learns craft

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Permanent London resident 1. worked as an actor 2. better playwright

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Theater Company 1. Lord Chamberlain's men 2. patron

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James I 1. become the kings men 2. perform at globe theater 3. William became 10% stakeholder in company

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Retires at new place and Stratford-upon-Avon 1.also maintains an apartment in London, but rarely returns

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Dies age 52 1.on his birthday April 23

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First folio 1.a collection of plays published by memory of Shakespeare's company as a memorial to the friend and mentor 2. 37 plays total, and 100+ various poems, sonnets, etc.

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Supply the money; gave a group for prestige

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Large-scale drama about English Kings, known for pageantry and patriotism

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Involve mixups and errors; asking about lovers; always had a happy ending

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Drama that ends in death of a major character (s) ; usually caused by a central flaw like pride, ambition, prejudice, etc.

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Play on words that sound the same but have a different meaning; a joke

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A contradiction in terms. Examples: old news, dry eyes, mobile home

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Two lines that run; usually found at the end of scene

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Unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter; challenging to right

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14 line iambic metered and often structured rhyme scheme poem; subjects like: love, death in time

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Characters hidden from other characters, but he/she can be seen by the audience

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Character is hidden from other characters but he or she can be seen by the audience

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character speaks directly to the audience without being heard by other characters

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1. stage left/right 2. up/downstage 3. to the wings left/right 4. on the apron a.k.a. tripping the light fantastic 5. most gestures use upstage hands and legs

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Nobles, middle-class, laborers and pour all attended place together throughout history, although seating may have been exclusive 1.wealthy in boxes middle-class and seats lower class and benches or stood on ground.. shared experience

A Mid Summer Night's Dream Flashcards

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