Shakespeare's Plays

Craft and Structure: Play

Match

Match the following descriptions of Shakespeare's works with the correct categorization in terms of the treatment of violence and suffering.

• treats of violence and suffering are fully realized

• threats of violence and suffering are contained

• there are no threats of violence and suffering

tragedies

romances

comedies

• tragedies

• romances

• comedies

Match

Match the following dramatic speeches to their corresponding meanings

• soliloquy

• aside

• monologue

• epilogue

inner thoughts expressed to audience

character remarks directly to audience

long speech by one character to others

final speech at the end of a play

• inner thoughts expressed to audience

• character remarks directly to audience

• long speech by one character to others

• final speech at the end of a play

Open Ended

Describe the resolution of a play.