1. William Shakespeare April 11, 2013

2. Background 1563-1616 Stratford-on-Avon, England wrote 37 plays about 154 sonnets started out as an actor

3. Background Cont Actor for Lord Chamberlain’s Men (London theater co.) Also > principal playwright for them 1599> Lord Ch. Co. built Globe Theater where most of Sh. Play’s were performed

4. The Globe Plays produced for the general public Roofless>open air No artificial lighting Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleries

5. The Audience Wealthy got benches “Groundlings”>poorer people stood and watched from the courtyard (“pit”) All but wealthy were uneducated/illiterate Much more interaction than today

6. Globe Staging Stage>platform that extended into the pit Dressing & storage rooms in galleries behind & above stage second-level gallery> upper stage> famous balcony scene in R & J Trap door>ghosts “Heavens”> angelic beings

7. Difference from Today No scenery Settings > references in dialogue Elaborate costumes Plenty of props Fast-paced, colorful>2 hours!

8. Elizabethan Actors Only men and boys Young boys whose voices had not changed play women’s roles Would have been considered indecent for a woman to appear on stage

9. Shakespeare Wrote Comedies – Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest Histories – Richard III, Julius Caesar Tragedies – Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear

10. Romeo and Juliet Most of the play written in blank verse – Iambic Pentameter: iambic (unstressed, stressed) pentameter( 5 “feet” to a line) – ends up to be 10 syllable lines

11. Verse vs. Prose Lower Socio-economic characters spoke in prose ROMEO AND JULIET speak in sonnets! – 14 Line poems ending in a rhyming couplet!

12. Literary Terms Allusion Antagonist Aside Characterization : Indirect and Direct Conflict Dialogue Drama Foil

13. Lit Terms Cont Foreshadowing Free (Blank) Verse Iambic Pentameter Imagery Irony: Dramatic, Verbal, and Situational Metaphor Extended Metaphor

14. Lit Terms Cont Mood Monologue Personification PLOT Prologue Protagonist Pun Simile and Extended Simile

15. Lit Terms Cont Soliloquy Shakespearian Sonnet Symbol (Symbolism) Theme Tone Tragedy – Hero – Flaw