Shakespeare Vocabulary Flashcards
Renaissance period description
Newly discovered interest and development in the cultural worlds of art and liturature
Renaissance period date
14c.-17c.
Elizabethan Era time period
1558-1603
Elizabethan era description
During the rein of queen Elizabeth 1
The theatre flourished because she loved it
Shakespeare was born when?
April 23, 1564
Shakespeare was born where?
Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare was the # child of who?
Third child (first son) of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden’s eighth children
What did Shakespeare’s father do?
Glove Maker
Grain-dealer
Mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon
Where did Shakespeare study Latin
At grammar school
What did Shakespeare study at grammar school
Latin
To what age did Shakespeare go to grammar school
Fifteen or sixteen
Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway
When did Shakespeare get married to Anne Hathaway
November 1582
When was Shakespeare’s daughter Susannah born?
May, 1583
When were Shakespeare’s children twins Hamnet and Judith born?
February, 1585
When did Shakespeare’s daughter Hamnet die?
1596
Who are Shakespeare’s children?
Susannah, Hamnet and Judith
When are the missing years
1585-1592
What did Shakespeare do during the missing years?
He moved to London
What happened between 1592-1594
The theatres were closed because of plague epidemics
What happened between 1594-1603
Shakespeare was an actor and a playwright for Lord Chamberlain’s Men acting company
What happened in 1604
After Queen Elizabeth I’s death, James I renamed the company after the Kings Men
Shakespeare gained the approval of monarchs in what way?
An actor
A playwright
What happened because of Shakespeare gained the approval of monarchs
Shakespeare was invited to perform at court
When did Shakespeare write the Taming of the Shrew?
1592-1593
What is the “Taming of the Shrew”
An entertaining farce that deals with the conflict between the senses and the comic situations this conflict creates
What type of story is “The Taming of the Shrew”
A comedy
When did Shakespeare write “Romeo and Juliet”?
1595-1596
What type of story was “Romeo and Juliette”
A tragic love story
When did Shakespeare write “Mcbeth”?
1605-1606
What type of story was “Mcbeth”
A tragedy of greed, betrayal, and murder
When was the globe theatre built?
1599
What was built in 1599?
The globe theatre
What building did Shakespeare one of the founder of?
The Blackfriars Theatre
When was the Blackfriars Theatre built?
1608
Where did Shakespeare return to from 1610 to 1612?
Stratford-upon-Avon
When did Shakespeare die?
April 23, 1616
Where did shakespeare die?
Stratford-upon-Avon
Who were the people who published Shakespeare’s works?
Robert Heminge and Henry Condell
When were Shakespeare’s works published?
1623
What was the name of the collection of Shakespeare’s works
The First Folio
Shakespeare’s plays are divided into what categories?
Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
What is an aside?
A speech in which the speaker turns away from the other characters and reveals his true feelings or intentions to the audience or another character
What is a Soliliquy?
A speech in which the speaker is alone with his private thoughts. This enables the audience to overhear what a character is really thinking.
What is an Iambic foot?
Two syllables that begin with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is an Iambic pentameter?
Five Iambic feet in a row (ten syllables alternating unstressed, stressed…)
