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Shakespeare Flashcards

1
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Where was the guy born

A

Stradford-upon-Avon

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2
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What year was he born in

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1564

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3
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whom was he born to

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John and Marry

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4
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What year was he ended in

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1616

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5
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how old was he when he died

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52

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6
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what age did he get married at

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18

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7
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who did he marry

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Anne Hathaway

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8
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how old was she when they married

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26

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9
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How many children did he have

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3

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10
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What happened to his family

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he abandoned them

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11
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what does renaissance mean

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rebirth

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12
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where did it originate

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Italy

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13
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where did it spread

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England

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14
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ren. renewed interest in _______,________,_______,and_______

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science, commerce, philosophy, and arts

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15
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ren. had an emphasis on ______ and _______

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individualism and freedom

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16
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How long did the Elizabethean age last

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1558-1603

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17
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what happended during her age

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renaissance peaked, last of tudors

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18
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did Elizabeth ever marry

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no

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19
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who was a pateron of shakespeare

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Queen Elizabeth

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20
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how many plays did Shakespeare write

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37

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21
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how many comedies did he write

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9

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22
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how many tradgidies did he write

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6

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23
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how many histories did he write

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4

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24
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what was another thing he wrote about

A

problems

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25
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how many sonnets did he write

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154

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26
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example of his sonets

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dark lady, young man, old man

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27
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the sonnets were usally

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numbered

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28
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how many quatrains were there usally

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3

29
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how many lines were these quatrains

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4

30
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what did the sonnets also contain

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rhyme couplets

31
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how many rhyme couplets were there usally

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2

32
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10 syllables, stressed and unstressed

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iambic pentameter

33
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what was his rhyme scheme

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ABABCDCDEFEFGG

34
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UNRHYMED, IAMBIC PENATMETER

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Blankverse

35
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one person speaking

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soliloque

36
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traits of a silioque

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one person is standing on the stage

only meant for the audience to hear

37
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One person speakign on stage with other people on the stage, only meant for the audience to hear

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aside

38
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Where did the wealthy sit in the theater

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the upper decks

39
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young men dressed up to play _______ roles

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female

40
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where did the poor stay in the theater

A

towards the stage

41
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play of words/phrases

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pun

42
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example of puns

A

dead as a doornail, luaghing-stock, its all greek to me

43
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reference to a person, place, or thing

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allusion

44
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human to reliene emotional internaity

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comic relief

45
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a type of drama, opposed to comedy, that depicts aclium that in jerious and complete and looks to the downfall of the protagonist

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tragedy

46
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tragedy was taken from

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aristotle

47
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aristotle’s term for the emotional lyrlrieme the audience feels after a tragedy

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catharsis

48
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excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis/excessive pride

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hubris

49
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a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.

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hamartia

50
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a downfall in his own fault

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tragic flaw

51
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tragic flaw is not _____ ______. It inches before his ______ and increases _______, some gain of self knowlage

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pure loss
awarenes
self knowlage

52
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the hero is ussally ______ but not ______

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good but not perfect

53
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the hero’s fortune is not wholly ______. The punishment _____ the crime

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despared, greeds

54
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When was the globe theather built

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1599

55
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Where was the globe theather located

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Bank of river thames

56
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what was the structure

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3 stories, wooden frame, open courtyard, raised platform stage

57
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What were the names of the competing theathers

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the theatre, the rose

58
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where did the rich seat

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seats, 3rd deck

59
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what did the rich enjoy about the plays

A

the flowery verses

60
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what did the rich understand in the plays because they were educated

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allusions, metaphors

61
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where did the poor sit

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on the ground

62
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what did the poor enjoy about the plays

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puns, crude humor, and prose

63
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what were they called

A

groundlings and penny stinkers

64
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what were the living conditions of actors

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wondering nomads

65
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were there any curtains

A

no

66
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was the scenery big

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no

67
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what two things did the theatres have

A

props and sound effects

68
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did they have elegant coustumes

A

yes

69
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how did the theatres get these coustumes

A

dontanted from rich

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