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William Shakespeare and the Globe Theater
  • Mrs. Cones Class
  • 6th Grade ELA

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William Shakespeare
  • Widely regarded as the
  • greatest writer in English
  • Literature

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Shakespeares Life
  • 1563-1616
  • Stratford-on-Avon, England
  • wrote 37 plays
  • about 154 sonnets
  • started out as an actor

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Stage Celebrity
  • Actor for Lord Chamberlains Men (London theater
    co.)
  • Also gt principal playwright for them
  • 1599gt Lord Ch. Co. built Globe Theater where most
    of Sh. Plays were performed

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Shakespeare Wrote
  • Comedies
  • Histories
  • Tragedies

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Romeo and Juliet
  • Written about 1595
  • Considered a tragedy
  • West Side Story (Movie) based on RJ

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The Theatre
  • Plays produced for the general public
  • Rooflessgtopen air
  • No artificial lighting
  • Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleries

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Spectators
  • Wealthy got benches
  • Groundlingsgtpoorer people stood and watched
    from the courtyard (pit)
  • All but wealthy were uneducated/illiterate
  • Much more interaction than today

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Staging Areas
  • Stagegtplatform that extended into the pit
  • Dressing storage rooms in galleries behind
    above stage
  • second-level gallerygt upper stagegt famous balcony
    scene in R J
  • Trap doorgtghosts
  • Heavensgt angelic beings

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Differences
  • No scenery
  • Settings gt references in dialogue
  • Elaborate costumes
  • Plenty of props
  • Fast-paced, colorfulgt2 hours!

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Actors
  • Only men and boys
  • Young boys whose voices had not changed play
    womens roles
  • Would have been considered indecent for a woman
    to appear on stage

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Elizabethan Words
  • An,and  If
  • Anon   Soon
  • Aye   Yes
  • But  Except for
  • Een  Even
  • Eer   Ever

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More Elizabethan Words
  • Haply Perhaps
  • Happy Fortunate
  • Hence Away, from her 
  • Hie  Hurry
  • Marry Indeed

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More Elizabethan Words
  • Whence  Where
  • Wilt  Will, will you
  • Withal  In addition to
  • Would  Wish
  • sample of Shakespeare's words

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Blank Verse
  • Much of R J is written in it
  • unrhymed verse
  • iambic (unstressed, stressed)
  • pentameter( 5 feet to a line)
  • ends up to be 10 syllable lines

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Prose
  • Ordinary writing that is not poetry, drama, or
    song
  • Only characters in the lower social classes speak
    this way in Shakespeares plays
  • Why do you suppose that is?

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Plot
  • The sequence of events in a literary work

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Exposition
  • The plot usually begins with this
  • introducesgtgtgtgt
  • setting
  • characters
  • basic situation

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Inciting Incident
  • Often called initial incident
  • the first bit of action that occurs which begins
    the plot
  • Romeo and Juliet lock eyes at the party

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Conflict
  • The struggle that develops
  • man vs. man
  • man vs. himself
  • man vs. society
  • man vs. nature

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Crisis
  • The point where the protagonists situation will
    either get better or worse
  • protagonistgtgood guy
  • antagonistgtbad guy

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Climax
  • The turning point of the storygteverything begins
    to unravel from here
  • Thus begins the falling action

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Resolution
  • The end of the central conflict

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Denouement
  • The final explanation or outcome of the plot
  • If this is included in literature, it will occur
    after the resolution.

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Shakespearean Tragedy
  • Drama where the central character/s suffer
    disaster/great misfortune
  • In many tragedies, downfall results fromgt
  • Fate
  • Character flaw/Fatal flaw
  • Combination of the two

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Theme
  • Central idea  or gtgt
  • Insight about life which explain the downfall

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Metaphorical Language
  • Comparison of unlike things gt
  • Paris standing over the lifeless body of
    Juliet, Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal
    bed I strew
  • Thou detestable mawGorged with the dearest
    morsel of the earth Romeo

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Dramatic Foil
  • A character whose purpose is to show off another
    character
  • Benvolio for Tybalt
  • look for others in R J

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Characters
  • Round characters  Characters  who have many
    personality traits, like real people.
  • Flat Characters  One-dimensional, embodying only
    a single trait
  • Shakespeare often uses them to provide comic
    relief even in a tragedy
  • Static Characters Characters within a story who
    remain the same.  They do not change.  They do
    not change their minds,  opinions or character.
  • Dynamic Character Characters that change somehow
    during the course of the plot.  They generally
    change for the better.

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Monologue
  • One person speaking on stage gt may be other
    character on stage too
  • ex gt  the Prince of Verona commanding the
    Capulets and Montagues to cease feuding

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Soliloquy
  • Long speech expressing the thoughts of a
    character alone on stage.  In R J, Romeo gives
    a soliloquy after the servant has fled and Paris
    has died.

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Aside
  • Words spoken, usually in an undertone not
    intended to be heard by all characters

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Pun
  • Shakespeare loved to use them!!!
  • Humorous use of a word with two meanings gt
    sometimes missed by the reader because of
    Elizabethan language and innuendo

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Direct Address
  • Words that tell the reader who is being
    addressed
  • A right fair mark, fair coz, is soonest hit.
  • Ah, my mistresses, which of you all/ Will now
    deny to dance?

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Dramatic Irony
  • A contradiction between what a character thinks
    and what the reader/audience knows to be true

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Verbal Irony
  • Words used to suggest the opposite of what is
    meant

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Situational Irony
  • An event occurs that directly contradicts the
    expectations of the characters, the reader, or
    the audience

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Comic Relief
  • Use of comedy within literature that is NOT
    comedy to provide relief from seriousness or
    sadness. 
  • In R J, look for moments of comic relief that
    help relieve the tragedy of the situation

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The End!
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