Shakespeare Facts

Question 0

Who was Shakespeare and actor for?

Answer 0

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men

The principal playwright for them

Question 1

How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write/compose?

Answer 1

37 plays

154 sonnets

Question 2

Name the 3 categories Shakespeare wrote.

Answer 2

Comedies
Histories
Tragedies

Question 3

What was the Globe Theater like?

Answer 3

• roofless
• no artificial lighting
• courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleries
• plays produced for the general public

Question 4

Where did the wealthy and poor people sit?

Answer 4

• wealthy got benches

- “Groundlings”: poorer people stood and watched from the courtyard (“pit”)

Question 5

True or False:

Men and women were allowed to act on stage?

Answer 5

False!!!

Only men were allowed. Young boys played women’s roles.

Question 6

What are some Elizabethan (QE1) Words?

Answer 6

An, and: if Anon: soon Aye: yes E’en: even E’er: ever
Happy: fortunate Haply: perhaps Hence: away Hie: hurry
Marry: indeed Whence: where Wilt: will you Withal: in addition to Would: wish

Question 7

Blank verse

Answer 7

• unrhymed verse
• iambic (unstressed, stressed)
• pentameter: ends up to be 10 syllable lines

Question 8

Plot

Answer 8

The sequence of events in a literacy work

Question 9

Exposition

Answer 9

The plot usually begins with this:

• introduces
  
  • setting
  • characters
  • basic situation

Question 10

Inciting moment

Answer 10

“Initial incident”

- first bit of action that occurs which begins the plot

Question 11

Resolution

Answer 11

End of the central conflict

Question 12

Denounement

Answer 12

The final explanation or outcome of the plot

Question 13

Tragedy

Answer 13

Drama where the central character/s suffer disaster/great misfortune

Question 14

Metaphorical language

Answer 14

Comparison of unlike things

Question 15

Dramatic Foil

Answer 15

A character whose purpose is to show off another character

Question 16

Round character

Answer 16

Characters who have many personality traits, like real people

Question 17

Flat character

Answer 17

One-dimensional, embodying only a single trait

Question 18

Static characters

Answer 18

Characters within a story who remain the same; don’t change

Question 19

Dynamic characters

Answer 19

Characters that change during the plot. Most of the time change for the better.

Question 20

Monologue

Answer 20

One person speaking on stage

Question 21

Dramatic irony

Answer 21

Contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows

Question 22

Verbal irony

Answer 22

Words used to suggest the opposite of what’s meant

Question 23

Situational irony

Answer 23

Event that occurs that directly contradicts the expectations, the reader, or audience.