Shakespeare quiz Flashcards
Prose
ordinary speaking language
Poetry
writing with rhythm and rhyme
Born
1564
Parents
John and Mary Shakespeare
School
Went to school at age 7 at Kings new school in 1571 but got pulled out at age 14 because his father lost his fortune
died
april 23rd 1616
married
Anne Hathaway in 1582
Children
3 children, daughter= suzanna, twins= Hamnet and Judith
1583-1592
moved to london and started working in the theatre
Iambic pentameter
5 Iam’s - 2 per foot
couplet
provides thesis/theme
Inversion
Shakespeare often rearranges the word order to create new rhythms or to emphasize a particular word (obj.) + (subj.) + (v)
Ommision
shakespeare might omit a whole word or a part of a word to create rhymes
Petrarchan love
about Petrach love for Laura, emphasizes the intensity of love, love is not returned because Laura is moral
classical allusion
an indirect reference to something from Greek/Roman mythology
Biblical allusion
an indirect reference to something from the bible
Pun
defined as a play on words or a play upon words
Paradox
a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
hometown
stratford-upon-avon
what did his parents do
mary: daughter of a wealthy land owner
John: glove maker and local politician
Lost years
no one knew what he was doing in the years of 1583-1592
what was the theatre he invested in
the Globe theatre in 1599- he was a member and later owner of the lord chamberlains, later called the kings men
what happened in 1613
theatre burned down during one of the plays
how many plays did shakespeare write
total: 38
breakdown: 1
comedies: 14
histories: 10
tragedies: 10
romances: 4
(possibly wrote 3 others, collaborated on several others)
how many sonnets
154
where was he buried and what was significant about his gravestone
Holy trinity church, a curse warning if someone moves the bones
what language did shakespeare speak and write
spoke beowulf (old english)
wrote in early modern english
what words did he create
created words like:
- critical
- majestic
- dwindle
- flesh and blood
- one fell swoop
why did everyone like his work
his work was meant for everyone- was understood by the lowest peasant and the highest noble
what was his inspiration
two plays were original plots, others were rearranged historical stories
ex. Pyramus and Thisbe = Romeo and Juliet
why were people so facinated with his plays
- put emotion into them
- understood what people wanted to see and put in what people care about
Chrisaned
stratford 1564
when did his name first appear in print
1592
what was london like during shakespeares life
dramatic contrasts; romantic world of poets; different lives that live there, luxury and poor
groundlings
the people who had to sit on the ground/the pit and were not protected by elements
why were the plays in the afternoon
the only lighting was the sun
clothing
colors are vibrant to contrast with the environment, clothes tell the story of the play, wealthy people would give the clothes they were tired with to the theatre, purple was considered very expensive.
rules and main jobs for women
by law, women were not allowed to preform in theatres, couldnt vote, barely any education, job=arranged marrige.
in 1593 how long was queen elizabeth on the thrown
40 years
how did queen elizabeth feel about the plays
she loved them, if she didnt then they would have been shut down
why didnt queen elizabeth marry
served her well to be single
why is romeo and juliet such an important play
starts as a comedy then ends with them committing suicide
set apart from other writers
breaks the mold with combining different genres
greatest love story ever told
queen elizabeths rule
- would have spies that capture how people get money
- loyalty to the queen was deadly if you didnt have it
- religion was gone
- at the end of school plays they would sing a song about how the queen was good and right
what do we know and not know about shakespeares sonnets
we know the rhyme scheme and that shakespeare wrote them
we dont know if the sonnet speaker is shakespeare or an imagined figure
which sonnet is adressed to the dark lady
sonnet 130
how does sonnet 18 praise “poetry itself”
people die but poetry lives on
one big metephor in this sonnet
