Shakespearean Drama

What is a soliloquy?

• a long speech given by a character to other characters and expressing what the character is thinking and feeling

• a character’s remark, either to the audience or to another character that others on stage do not hear.

• a speech given by a character alone on stage, letting the audience know what the character is thinking and feeling.

What is an aside?

• a long speech given by a character to other characters and expressing what the character is thinking and feeling

• a character’s remark, either to the audience or to another character that others on stage do not hear.

• a speech given by a character alone on stage, letting the audience know what the character is thinking and feeling.

What are the characteristics of a Shakespearean tragic hero?

• Has a high social rank (king, general)

• Has a tragic flaw that leads ot a downfall

• Suffers ruin or death, but faces it with courage and dignity

• All of the above

What is a tragedy?

• a drama that ends in catastrophe - most often in death - for the main character(s).

• familiar character types that appear over and over in literature

• the process of releasing, and thereby providing release from strong, repressed emotions.

Which act of a Shakespearean drama would include the rising action?

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In which theatre were Shakespeare's plays performed?

• The Swan

• Buxton Opera House

• The RSC

• The Globe

Which act of a Shakespearean drama would include the prologue/exposition?

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Who said:

"We, at the height are ready to decline.

There is a tide in the affairs of men

Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"

• Antony

• Brutus

• Cassius

• Lepidus

Which act of a Shakespearean drama would include the denouement/resolution?

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What type of writing is considered "drama"?

• plays

• poems

• songs

• short stories