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A Mid Summer Night's Dream Flashcards

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PrevailI

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Again and strength or influence; persistence

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Feigning

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Pretending; giving a false impression

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Livery

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Uniform worn by servants in a wealthy household; stabling of livestock for pay

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Vantage

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Superiority and a contest; strategic advantage

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Extenuate

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To lessen the seriousness of; mitigate

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Leagues

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Measurement of distance

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Phoebe

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Diana, goddess of the moon

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Beguiled

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To have John noticed by charm or wiles

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Condole

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To express sympathetic sorrow

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Pensioners

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Retainers; body yards of the court

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Wrath

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Ire; anger

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Wanton

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Unrestrained, headstrong and bawdy woman

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Perigenia, Aegles, Ariade

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Woman who were conquests of Theseus

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Rheumatic

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Inflammations or pain in muscles, joints or fibrous tissues

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Dulcet

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Sweet to that year: mellitus melodious

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Leviathan

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Large, giant sea monster; whale

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Impeach

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Charge formally with misconduct in office; cast doubt

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Griffin

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Anil with head and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion

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Troth

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Loyal or pledged faithfulness; betrothal

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Juvenal

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Useful; child like

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Mote

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Spec, small particle

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Preposterously

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Contrary to nature, reason or commonsense: absurd

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Extort

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To obtain by force or threats

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Sojourn

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Stay or visit with

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Incorporate

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Of one body

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Entreat

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Bag; succeed were asking urgently: plead

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Spurn

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A disdainful rejection: to kick aside

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Jowl

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The lower jaw; cheek

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Derision

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scornful or contemptuous ridicule

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Recreant

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Crying for mercy: cowardly, a traitor

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Abate

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To reduce and degree, amount or intensity: moderate

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Amiable

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Generally agreeable with the friendly and sociable disposition

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Peck

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Measurement; a great deal

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Bay

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bark or call and long tones

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Sixpence

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British coin no longer used and worth half a shilling

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Recorder

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Instrument like a flute

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Crescent

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Waxing moon

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Quell

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Pit down; suppress; pacify

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Palpable

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What can be touched or felt: tangible; obvious

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Prodigious

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Extraordinary in bulk, quantity or degree: monstrous

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consecrate

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Makes sacred; to make venerable

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Amends

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

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Five acts of dramatic structure

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

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Setting, time, plot, theme, and history

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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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William Shakespeare

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( 1564–1616)

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Shakespeare’s family

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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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Education

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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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Marriage

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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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1587 Shakespeare

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

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Shakespeare 1592

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Permanent London resident

  1. worked as an actor
  2. better playwright
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Shakespeare 1594

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Theater Company

  1. Lord Chamberlain’s men
  2. patron
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Shakespeare 1603

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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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Shakespeare 1613

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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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Shakespeare 1616

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Dies age 52

1.on his birthday April 23

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Shakespeare 1623

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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

  1. 37 plays total, and 100+ various poems, sonnets, etc.
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Patron

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Supply the money; gave a group for prestige

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History play

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

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Comedy

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

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Tragedy

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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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Pun

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

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Oxymoron

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

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Rhymed couplet

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

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter; challenging to right

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Sonnet

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

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Concealment

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

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Soliloquy

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

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Aside

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

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Stage direction

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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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Drama, source of entertainment

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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

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