shakespeare Flashcards
1
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Shakespeare mom
A
Mary Arden
2
Q
Shakespeare dad
A
John “Glover” Shakespeare
3
Q
Shakespeare wife
A
Ann Hathaway
4
Q
Shakespeare 1st play
A
Comedy of Errors
5
Q
What was Macbeth’s format in
A
Iambic pentameter
6
Q
Shakespeare tragic actor
A
Richard Burbage
7
Q
Who did Shakespeare write Macbeth for
A
James I
8
Q
Where did Shakespeare get his version of Macbeth from
A
Holinshed’s Chronicles?
9
Q
4 Tragedies of Macbeth
A
- Macbeth
- Hamlet
- King Lear
- Othello
10
Q
4 Generalities of Shakespeares plays
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- There are always 5 acts
- The passage of time is ragged and careless
- Objective writer
- 1st scene is planned to get attention of Groundlings
11
Q
5 characteristic of tradegies
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- Arouses pity and fear, wonder and awe
- Hero capable of great suffering
- Explores the question of the ways of God to man
- Catharsis
- Man is Brought to disaster by a single flaw in his character
12
Q
2 things that the king was interested about what the author wrote
A
- Witches
- His ancestors, who were Banquo and Fleance
13
Q
Define occasional play
A
A play that is written for a particular person at a specific time
14
Q
The key word in tragedy is
A
FALL
