aplit midterm

stratford-on-avon

shakespeare born

anne hathaway

shakespeare wife

three

shakespeare how many children

hamnet

which child died

lord chamberlain’s men

shakespeares acting and writing company

globe theater

shakespeares theater

two

how many plays shakespeare wrote per year

previously written plays

took plots from __

37

how many plays shakespeare wrote

hundreds

how many poems and sonnets shakespeare wrote

comedy

mistaken identity, end in a marriage feast

comedy

a midsummer night’s dream

comedy

the taming of the shrew

tragedy

tragic hero with a tragic flaw that leads to his own downfall (death)

tragedy

macbeth

tragedy

hamlet

tragedy

julius caesar

tragedy

romeo and juliet

history

henry iv

romance

light-hearted in places, but with a strong message to the audience

romance

the tempest

act i

major characters are introduced, plot begins, conflict begins

act ii

minor characters are introduced

act iii

turning point occurs (tragic hero makes a mistake, which leads to his downfall)

act iv

begins the downfall of the tragic hero

act v

death of the tragic hero

macbeth

one of shakespeares best known plays

macbeth

shakespeares shortest tragedy

1603 and 1606

when was macbeth written

macbeth

widely adapted and performed

archetypal

often regarded as ___, the play tells the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends

macbeth

king of scotland (1040-1057)

father

macbeth succeeded his __ as governor of the prince of moray

duncan i

macbeth was a millitary commander for ___

duncan

macbeth killed ___ in battle and seized the throne

royal descent

macbeth was possibly of ___

northerners

macbeth represented ___ who were against ties with the saxons advocated by duncan

siward, earl of northumbria

macbeth was defeated by

southern scotland

macbeth lost __ after losing to siward

malcolm iii

regained the kingdom after killing macbeth in the battle of lumphanan

raphael holinshed

english chronicler, wrote holinshed’s chronicles which documented scotlands history

raphael holinshed

shakespeares chief source for macbeth

alters

shakespeare __ macbeths roles in certain instances to intensify his qualities as a character

dramatic purposes

alters to make more interesting

thematic purpose

alters creating more complex characterization

political purpose

alters catering to the beliefs of the reigning monarch at the time, king james i

cursed

people believe the play is __

spells of real witches

shakespeare is said to have used __, causing them to curse the play

macbeth

theaters would put this play on production to save them financially, but one play would not save them from financial ruin, causing the play to be deemed as unlucky

backup

macbeth was used as a __ play, as it required little actores

the scottish play

many actors will not mention the name of the play aloud, referring to it instead as ___

the witches

they tell macbeth that he is destined to be king, and urge him to do bloody things

the norns

the witches character is modeled after norse mythology: ___

fate

meaning of witch name uror

nona

roman fate: spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle

decima

roman fate: measured the thread of life with her rod

morta

roman fate: was the cutter of the thread of life. she chose the manner of a person’s death, when she cut the thread with “her abhorred shears”, someone on earth died

the witches

represent darkness, chaos and confusion

paradox

“fair is foul, and fouls is fair”

tempt

the witches never actually tell macbeth to kill duncan, but merely __ him with the idea of being king

2000

amount of words credited to shakespeare