Note Taking: SHAKESPEARE
A. Directions: Take notes on the key concepts for ​Shakespeare’s World​, pages 1022-1023.
(teacher-created)
1. William Shakespeare is widely considered to be ______________ __________________
in the ________________ _______________ and the greatest
__________________ of all time.
2. Shakespeare lived in ____________ during the flowering of intellectual activity known as
the ________________________.
3. Shakespeare started his literary career during Queen ____________’s reign, a period that
lasted from ____________ to ____________ and is often called the
________________________.
4. In the early ____________, Shakespeare began ____________ in and ____________
plays for a ____________ ____________ called ____________ ____________
____________.
5. The Elizabethan theater was one of the few forms of ________________________
available to ________________________ people of the day, and one of the few places
where the working class and the ____________ ____________ ____________ could
mix.
6. In ____________, Shakespeare and the other shareholders of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men
became joint owners of the company’s new home, the ____________ ____________, a
____________-story structure that could hold ____________ spectators.
B. Directions: Take notes on the key concepts for ​Shakespearean Tragedy​, page 1026. (Source:
Holt-McDougal)
Key Terms
1. A drama that ends in catastrophe for the main characters is known as a
____________
2. The central character of a drama is known as the
____________
In Shakespearean tragedy
1. the tragic here usually fails or dies because of
____________
2. ____________________________________
_antagonist____
3. a character whose personality & attitude contrast sharply with
those of another character
____________
4. a speech given by a character alone on stage is called a
____________
5. ____________________________________
_____aside____
6. the term used to describe a situation in a play in which the audience
knows more than the character is called
7. a humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood is know as
____________
____________
B. Directions: Take notes on the key concepts for ​The Language of Shakespeare​, page 1028.
(Source: Holt-McDougal)
I.
Blank Verse
A. Blank verse is a form of poetry that resembles ____________.
B. Blank verse is made up of a meter called ____________ ____________.
C. Iambic pentameter . . .
1. has lines that are ____________.
2. has lines with 5 ____________ syllables, each followed by an ____________
syllable.
II.
Allusion
A. An allusion is a reference within a work to ________________________.
B. Shakespeare’s plays have allusions to Greek mythology, ____________, and
____________.
III.
Word Play
A. A joke that results from multiple word meanings is called a ____________.
B. An example of a pun is ____________. In that pun, the multiple meanings of the
word ____________ supply the humor.