Shakespearean Terms Flashcards
Two Sp. Comedies
As you like it
Alls well that ends well
Two Sp. Histories
King John
Henry VII
First folio
Published collection of shakespearean plays
Aside
When a characters dialogue is spoken but the other actors on stage can’t hear it
Sonnet
A poem of 14 lines with rhyme schemes
History
Based on historical narrative often set in medieval or modern last
Comedy
Happy ending
Tragedy
A drama with a flawed character
Blank verse
A poem with no rhyme, but with iambic pentameter
Shakespeare’s two theatre groups
Kings men
Lord chamberlains men
Shakepeares most widely taught plays
Romeo and Juliet
Julius ceaser
River running through London
Thames
Stratford on Avon
Shakespeare’s hometown
Anne Hathaway
Shakespeare wife
The theatre shakespeare made famous
The globe
Elizabeth I and James I
Monarchs during Shakespeare’s time
Quatrain
Train of four lines in a poem
Couplet
Couple lines
Soliloquy
an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
Sonnet
A poem with 14 lines
Iambic pentameter
A line of verse with 5 metrical beat
introduces the theme, setting, characters, and circumstances at the story’s beginning; sets the stage for the climax
Exposition
The point at which a very significant change occurs; a decisive moment
Turning point/crisis point
Possible author of shakespeare plays
Edward DeVere
