WorksheetsELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY AND SHAKESPEARE BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
A disaster that occurs as a result of the protagonist's character flaw
tragedy
harmartia
catastrophe
peripeteia
A character state that involves a character thinking too highly of himself
peripeteia
harmartia
tragic flaw
hubris
A person of high status that suffers a downfall as a result of a personality flaw.
harmartia
antagonist
protagonist
tragic hero
The realization that an error has been made
recondition
recognition
restitution
repetition
A dramatic shift for the worse in one's fortunes
harmartia
catastrophe
peripeteia
Hubris
The character in a tragedy or other work that serves to offend the main character
protagonist
antagonist
tragic hero
dramatic irony
A story chronicling the downfall of a person of hgh status as a result of a flaw in his personality
History
Comedy
Tragedy
Opera
Occurs when the audience is aware of facts that the characters are not
situational irony
papal irony
satirical irony
dramatic irony
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratlord in Ayden
Center/ Scotland
Stratford on Avon
Scottish Highlands
Which number is the correct number of children born to Shakespeare?
1
2
3
4
5
Shakespeare wrote how many plays?
17
27
37
47
What is ironic about Shakespeare's birthday?
both he and his were born on the same day
his son died on Shakespeare's birthday
Shakespeare died on his birth day
His most famous play opened on his birthday
Shakespeare's plays fall into 3 categories which are:
Mysteries/ Tragedies/ Parodies
Comedies/ Mysteries/ Eurypides
Histories/Comedies/Mysteries
Comedies/Histories/ Tragedies
The play Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare's ___________.
Histories
Tragedies
Comedies
Parodies
Shakespeare is considered by many to be the
Greatest writer in the world
Greatest English Language writer of all time
A poet first then a parent
Baddest man alive
Hamlet falls into the category of
Tragedy
Comedy
Tragic Hero
History
