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Shakespeare
Characters
& his times
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Shakespeare &
His Times
Who was Queen of England
while Shakespeare was
writing?
$100 Answer from Shakespeare &
His Times
Queen Elizabeth I was Queen of
England while Shakespeare was
writing.
$200 Question from Shakespeare &
His Times
Romeo & Juliet is an
example of which of the
three types of plays written
by Shakespeare?
$200 Answer from Shakespeare &
His Times
Romeo & Juliet is an
example of a tragedy, one
of the three types of plays
written by Shakespeare (the
other two are comedies and
histories).
$300 Question from Shakespeare &
His Times
What was the name of the
theatre near London where
Shakespeare performed?
$300 Answer from Shakespeare &
His Times
The theatre near
London where
Shakespeare
performed was the
Globe Theatre.
$400 Question from Shakespeare &
His Times
Where was Shakespeare born?
$400 Answer from Shakespeare &
His Times
Shakespeare was born in
Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
$500 Question from Shakespeare &
His Times
How many plays are credited
to William Shakespeare?
$500 Answer from Shakespeare &
His Times
Shakespeare is credited with
writing 37 plays.
$100 Question from Characters
Who is Benvolio?
$100 Answer from Characters
Benvolio is Romeo’s cousin and friend.
$200 Question from Characters
Who is Romeo in love with at the
beginning of Act I?
$200 Answer from Characters
At the beginning of Act I
Romeo is in love with
Rosaline.
$300 Question from Characters
Which character could be described as
having a very short temper and a
tendency to hold a grudge?
$300 Answer from Characters
Tybalt could be described as
having a very short temper and a
tendency to hold a grudge?
$400 Question from Characters
Which character acts as a foil to
Romeo? How so?
$400 Answer from Characters
Mercutio is a foil to Romeo.
Romeo is a hopeless
romantic who falls in and
out of love at the drop of a
hat. Mercutio is cynical
about love.
$500 Question from Characters
Explain why the character of Capulet
would have been written to please the
merchant class/ middle class audience.
$500 Answer from Characters
The merchant class wanted to see
stories about social and/or
political topics. Because Capulet
is unusual in that he is allowing
his daughter to have a say in who
she marries, his character would
have been meant to please the
interests of the middle class.
$100 Question from Word Play
Identify and explain the word play in this
passage.
Romeo.
I dreamt a dream tonight.
50 Mercutio.
And so did I.
Romeo.
Well, what was yours?
Mercutio.
That dreamers often lie.
Romeo.
In bed asleep, while they do dream things true.
$100 Answer from Word Play
Romeo.
I dreamt a dream tonight.
50 Mercutio.
And so did I.
Romeo.
Well, what was yours?
Mercutio.
That dreamers often lie.
Romeo.
In bed asleep, while they do dream things true.
$200 Question from Word Play
Identify and explain the word play in this
passage.
Sampson. Gregory, on my word, we’ll not carry coals.
Gregory. No, for then we should be colliers.
Sampson. I mean, and we be in choler, we’ll draw.
Gregory. Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of collar.
$200 Answer from Word Play
Sampson. Gregory, on my word, we’ll not carry coals.
Gregory. No, for then we should be colliers.
Sampson. I mean, and we be in choler, we’ll draw.
Gregory. Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of collar.
$300 Question from Word Play
What is the metaphor in this passage?
Explain it.
Prince Escalus
You men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your
veins!
$300 Answer from Word Play
Prince Escalus
You men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins!
Metaphor: purple fountains = blood
$400 Question from Word Play
Which audience(s) would this passage
entertain and why?
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Sampson. ’Tis true; and therefore women, being the
weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall. Therefore I
will push Montague’s men from the wall and thrust his
maids to the wall.
$400 Answer from Word Play
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Sampson. ’Tis true; and therefore women, being the
weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall. Therefore I
will push Montague’s men from the wall and thrust his
maids to the wall.
$500 Question from Word Play
Identify and explain the
metaphor in this
passage.
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But he, his own affections’ counselor,
Is to himself—I will not say how true—
But to himself so secret and so close,
So far from sounding° and discovery,
As is the bud bit with an envious° worm
Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air
Or dedicate his beauty to the sun.
$500 Answer from Word Play
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150
But he, his own affections’ counselor,
Is to himself—I will not say how true—
But to himself so secret and so close,
So far from sounding° and discovery,
As is the bud bit with an envious° worm
Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air
Or dedicate his beauty to the sun.
$100 Question from Plot
Over how many days does this story happen?
$100 Answer from Plot
The story happens over five days.
$200 Question from Plot
Why are the Capulets and
the Montagues feuding?
$200 Answer from Plot
The story does not tell why the
Capulets and the Montagues are
feuding.
$300 Question from Plot
Why is Capulet’s response
to Paris’ suit unusual for the
time of the story?
$300 Answer from Plot
It was unusual during the
Renaissance for fathers to
allow their daughters to
have any say in who they
married.
$400 Question from Plot
Why does Romeo agree to go
to the Capulets’ ball?
$400 Answer from Plot
He agrees to go in hopes that
he will see Rosaline there.
$500 Question from Plot
How does Tybalt’s
speech in Act I scene 5
foreshadow future events
in the play?
Tybalt.
Patience perforce° with willful choler° meeting
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Makes my flesh tremble in their different
greeting.
I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall,
Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall.
$500 Answer from Plot
Tybalt vows revenge. His speech
foreshadows that he will fight with Romeo
and the Montagues later.
$100 Question from Potpourri
Where is the example of
alliteration in this
passage?
Montague.
Thou villain Capulet!—Hold me not; let me go.
Lady Montague.
Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.
$100 Answer from Potpourri
Montague.
Thou villain Capulet!—Hold me not; let me go.
Lady Montague.
Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.
$200 Question from Potpourri
What were the three types of
audiences Shakespeare wrote
for?
$200 Answer from Potpourri
Shakespeare wrote for the aristocracy,
the middle class, and the groundlings
(commoners).
$300 Question from Potpourri
Romeo is depressed. Give one
example from the text that
shows this is true.
$300 Answer from Potpourri
Answers may vary.
$400 Question from Potpourri
Romeo is fickle. Give one
example from the text that
shows that this is true.
$400 Answer from Potpourri
Answers may vary.
$500 Question from Potpourri
Who said the following? Why is it important?
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My only love, sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious° birth of love it is to me
That I must love a loathèd enemy.
$500 Answer from Potpourri
140
My only love, sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious° birth of love it is to me
That I must love a loathèd enemy.
Juliet said this. It is important
because this is the moment she
realizes that the man she has just
fallen in love with (her first love)
is a Montague and her enemy.
Final Jeopardy
Find an example in the text that shows
Romeo’s fatalistic outlook on life (i.e. that
he believes fate will determine the outcome
of his life).
Final Jeopardy Answer
Scene 5
I fear, too early; for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels and expire the term
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Of a despisèd life, closed in my breast,
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
But he that hath the steerage of my course
Direct my sail!