Shakespeare Flashcards
What is Context
- Chronological Time (Time)
- Physical Location (Where)
- Societal attitudes of the time (Why)
What is a literary movement
A literary movement refers to a body of literary works composed during a set time period that share common features
5 examples of movements in literature
- The Medieval Era
- Jacobean Era
- Elizabethan Era
- Romantism
- Post Modernism
Metre
The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables to create rhythm in a line
Prose
Speech used by the common people no metre or rhyme scheme
Verse
A set rhythm to a text
Iambic Pentameter
Verse rhythm, 10 syllables, alternating stress
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed by metered lines
Introduction
Established the main idea purpose and direction of what is to come
Conclusion
Reviews and synthesises the main ideas
When the Tempest written and performed
1611 during the Jacobean Era
When did Shakespeare die
23rd April 1616
What was the time period of the Elizabethan era
1558-1603 (Shakespeare was 39 years old when it ended)
What is the Great Chain of Being
A hierarchy of all living and non living things
Theme
Shaped and affected by the context in which a text was written
Setting
Used to establish tone, mood and atmosphere
Context
A means of understanding multiple interpretations/response to a text
Comma splice
The incorrect use of a comma to connect to independent clauses
Fused Sentence
Joining two independent clauses without any punctuation or conjunction
Sentence Fragment
A collection of words that is missing one or more components required to create a complete thought (often a subject or a verb)
Themes in The Tempest
Love
Conflict
Power and Freedom
Empathy and Forgiveness
Metaphor
A non-literal comparison of two things whereby one thing is said to be the other
Exclamative
A sentence which conveys a sense of surprise or another strong emotion, often but not always ending in an exclamation mark
Imperative
A sentence which conveys an instruction or a command, usually beginning with a verb
Time period of the Jacobean Era
1603 - 1625
King James
King James VI of Scotland becomes King James VI of Scotland and England
All Characters (11)
Prospero (protagonist)
Miranda
Ariel
Sycorax
Caliban
Duke Antonio
King Alonso
Ferdinand
Stephano and Trinculo
Gonzalo
Sebastian
Author and Texts from the time period
Shakespeare - Macbeth, The Tempest
Ben Jonson - The Alchemist, Volpone
Jacobean style of literature
Dark, Satire, Revenge, Tragedy, The Supernatural
Age of Discovery in relevance to Shakespeare
Two years before the play was written a fleet of ships set sail for the new-found America. Called the Sea-venture. It was blown of course into rocks, everyone on board was presumed dead however a year later the lost crew from the ship made it to America
how to literary movements arise
They are influenced by events/conflict of the time
Age of Discovery
Also known as the Age of Exploration, overlapping with the Age of Sail, a period from approximately the 15th century to the 16th century, during which seafarers from a number of European countries explored, colonised, and conquered regions across the globe.
