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| When two opposing people want each other's blood, etc. |
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| What two families are engaged in it? |
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| The Capulets & the Montagues. |
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| Why do we have trouble understanding Shakespeare's words? What does "static" have to do with it? |
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| Static means caused by changes in life, and it intervenes with his speaking and our hearing. Also, his words aren't used anymore or have very different meanings. |
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| What does Shakespeare mean when he uses the word "marry"? |
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| An old oath by the virgin Mary; indeed. |
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| What does Shakespeare mean when he uses the word "soft"? |
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| An interjection that means "hold", "enough", or "wait a minute". |
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| A small round shield used to ward off blows. |
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| A 16th or 17th century shafted weapon with a long sphere base with lobes at the end. |
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| A festival held on August 1st in England. Bread from the first harvest is blessed. |
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| What does "heavy" mean when Shakespeare uses it? |
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| What does "envious" mean when Shakespeare uses it? |
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| What does sadly mean when Shakespeare uses it? |
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| What does "happy" mean when Shakespeare uses it? |
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| What does "cousin" mean when Shakespeare uses it? |
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| What does "still" mean when Shakespeare uses it? |
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| What are sentence inversions? |
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| Switching the sequences of words and sentences. |
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| A play on words that have more than one meaning. |
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| What is most important about the date 1592? |
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| Shakespeare achieved prominence as actor & playright. He also became a published poet. |
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| Why were the theatres closed before 1594? |
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| Name 5 different places where plays were performed. |
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| Globe, court, inns of court, universities (Oxford & Cambridge), and private houses. |
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| The Globe burned and Shakespeare returned to live in Strat-ford-upon-Avon. |
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| Describe the two types of theatres that existed in Shakespeare's days. |
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| Outdoor or public playhouses/indoor & private theatres. |
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| A region under the authority of the Church of England, whose head was the Monarch. |
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| What did the Globe Theatre look like? |
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| Polygonal or roughly circular in shape; the Fortune square. Diameter: 72 ft. (rose) to 100 ft. (Globe). Stage had a ceiling called the Heavens. There was a yard for poor spectators. 100 ft. tall. |
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| Who played women's roles during Shakespeare's day? Why? |
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| Boys, because there were no women in the acting companies. |
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| A 14-line verse w/ conventional rhyme scheme, usually Iambic Pantameter. |
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| Unrhymed, Iambic Pantameter. |
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| Technical term for the format of a book with four pages. |
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| A technical term for the format of a book with eight pages. Quarter size of the original sheet. |
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| The audience who stand in the yard of the theatre (common people). |
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| What are three types of shakespearian plays? |
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| Comedy, tragedy, & history. |
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| What are three types of puns? |
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| Gag puns, body puns, and poetic puns. |
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