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what is a bard
a poet
Where and when was shakespeare born?
April 23rd 1564 in Stratford upon Avon
when was shakespeare’s baptism
April 26th 1564
who are his parents?
John Shakespeare and Mary Arden
Why was shakespeare known as “wealthy”
his father was a member of stratford’s council and his mother was the daughter of a wealthy landowner
what was his education like?
attended New Grammar School, but no proof of a university
who did he marry?
Anne Hathaway
how much older was she than him?
7 years
who were his children?
Susanna (1583) and twins, Hamnet and Judith (1585)
When were the lost years?
1578-1592
what were the lost years?
a time period of shakespeare’s life that we know little about
1578-1585
time after his departure from grammar school
1585-1592
time when he was beginning his family
when did shakespeare die?
April 23rd 1616
why did he leave his estate to his oldest daughter Susanna?
she was married to a doctor who could take it over
what did he give to Judith and his wife?
300 pounds to judith and his second best bed to his wife
who printed the first folio
John Hemminges and Henry Condell
what were the four categories of the stories
comedies, romances, tragedies, and histories
Macbeth was…
one of shakespeares most famous and shortest plays
when does a tragedy occur
when the fatal flaw of the main character is exposed and causes his/her destruction
fatal flaw
character flaw that when focused on brings out the worst in the protagonist
what is macbeth’s fatal flaw
ambition
Stage 1: exposition
Intro section of the play in which time, place, characters, and situation are presented
Stage 2: exciting (or inciting) force
Something happens that gets the action moving, usually in the first act
Stage 3: rising action
Series of events leading up to climax, usually covers more than one act
stage 4: climax
Highest point of action in the play. Change in the protagonist, who seems to now be following a downward path (not always in the middle of the play)
stage 5: falling action
events following the climax that mostly go against the protagonist
stage 6: moment of final suprise
near the end of the play and begins to look as if things will go the way of the protagonist after all
stage 7: catastrophe
Complete downfall of the protagonist, either through death or some other devastating experience
what are the themes in macbeth
ambition, fear, guilt, fate and free will, and appearance and reality
what is a motif
Recurring elements and patterns of imagery that support the theme(s)
what are the motifs in macbeth
Sanity vs. insanity, order vs. disorder, light vs. dark, blood, the supernatural
what is iambic pantameter
The meter Shakespeare nearly always used when writing in verse
who is iambic pantameter spoken by?
Usually spoken by “high class” characters while lower class or minor characters spoke in prose
how many syllables each line
10
what is a pair of syllables called
“iamb” or “foot”
does a line start with stressed(/) or unstressed(U)
Unstressed
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