Standard Deviants: Introduction to Shakespeare
Pay attention to the movie and jot down notes about what you learn. This material will be required in the end-of-the unit test and 2nd semester exam.
Introduction
1. There are as many ways to interpret
Shakespeare as __there are scholars who study Shakespeare
Life and Times of Shakespeare
2. Shakespeare lived _1565
- 1616
3. Shakespeare lived in _Stratford-Upon-Avon__ in
4. What was the social status of actors? Low; not well respected
5. Shakespeare was a member of _Lord Chamberlains Men_
6. The acting troupe performed in the __Globe _ _Theater____
Use of the language
7. What is Blank Verse? Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter
8. Why did Shakespeare write in Blank Verse? Because he did; it closely resembled the natural speech patterns
Elizabethan Drama
9. Describe the “importance of words”
Set the stage in
place of props and special effects; spectators have to use imagination
10. What is “Real life vs. Stage life”?
Movies suggest life
is real in movies. In theater, the characters
are just characters … we shouldn’t think about the characters outside of the role.
Believe the play write and keep mind set
on the play.
11. How do we analyze characters?
What they say, what
they do, and what others say about them
12. Symbolic Art