Shakespear Flashcards
What literary movement was Shakespeare a part of?
Renaissance (1500-1660)
This tragic play is about three Witches that foretell Macbeth’s rise to King of Scotland but also prophesy that future kings will descend from Banquo, a fellow army captain. Prodded by his ambitious wife, Lady Macbeth, he murders King Duncan, becomes king, and sends mercenaries to kill Banquo and his sons. His attempts to defy the prophesy fail, however; Macduff kills Macbeth, and Duncan’s son Malcolm becomes king.
Macbeth
This tragic play follows a young prince home to Denmark to attend his father’s funeral. He is shocked to find his mother already remarried to his Uncle Claudius, the dead king’s brother. He is even more surprised when his father’s ghost appears and declares that he was murdered.
Hamlet
William Shakespeare’s most popular comedy, was written around 1594 or 95. Dealing with the universal theme of love and its complications: lust, disappointment, confusion, marriage.
Portrays events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
This is a tragedy by William Shakespeare (1599). It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history.
Marcus Brutus speaks more than four times as many lines and the central psychological drama is his struggle between the conflicting demands of honour, patriotism and friendship.
Tragedy of Julius Caeser
Play believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone.
It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio’s lowly nature, the redemption of the King, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso’s son, Ferdinand.
The Tempest
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is from what of Shakespeare’s work?
Sonnet 18
In the sonnet, the speaker compares his beloved to the summer season, and argues that his beloved is better. He also states that his beloved will live on forever through the words of the poem.
Shakespeare’s, “Sonnet 18”
Tragedy that revolves around four central characters: the protagonist, a Moorish general in the Venetian army; his beloved wife, Desdemona; his loyal lieutenant, Cassio; and his trusted but unfaithful ensign, Iago.
Protagonist is betrayed, ends up killing people he loves and killing himself.
Othello
Which of Shakespeare’s plays includes a main character being persuaded by his wife to kill someone in order to become king?
Macbeth
In MacBeth, what is “Greymalkin”?
An evil servant in form of a cat
What is the title of the play in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” that he asks actors to perform?
“Mousetrap”
In Hamlet, who is the evil man?
Claudius
What genre is “Midnight Summers Dream”?
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