R&J Backround

Question 1

Background on William Shakespeare

Answer 1

• Born in Strafford Upon- Avon (England)
• Fam wasn’t wealthy
• Married Anne Hathaway @ 6 months pregnant
• Fathered 2 daughters and a son (son passed away at 11)

Question 2

Career Time Line

Answer 2

• viewed as an entertainer
• forward thinking (his relationship)
• w/n afraid of making wealthy people angry
• name of characters is sim to his kinds (ex.Hamnet & Hamlet)
• 1st in England to give property to women (owns to daughter tho hub)
• Apart of Kings Man

Question 3

Info on time of living

Answer 3

• Playwrights was there television
• Olden plays was focused of Greek/Roman tragedy that was reused rapidly

Question 4

Result of Shakespeare writings

Answer 4

• Success of topic
• Made fun of people
• Plays up to talents
• Large intrest in topic
• Writing fit to set up on/for the stage

Question 5

In London

Answer 5

• Became a founding member of The Chamberlain’s Men (Acting Company)
• Became The King’s Men under King James I (from 1603)
• Published about two plays a year for 20 years

Question 6

All of Wrightings

Answer 6

• 38 plays
• 2 narrative poems
• 154 sonnets + other styles of poetry
• Accredited for adding over 1700 words that are still used in today’s language!!

Question 7

Globe

Answer 7

• Build in 1599
• Ground was for poor hence cheapest ticket & had to stand
• Was an open air thatched “roof theater”
• Mix audiences yet separated
• Most elite sat on the 2nd
• Burned down & was rebuilt
• Caused by fire hence lighting
• “Princess Court”
• Plays was taken place during the day

Question 8

Aristotle

Answer 8

• Greek Philosopher
• Born in 384 Bc & died in 322 Bc
• Believed tragedy had six elements

Question 9

Six Elements of Tragedy According to Aristotle

Answer 9

• Plot (most important)
• Character
• Thought
• Diction
• Song
• Spectacle (visual appeal)

Question 10

Four traits for the tragic hero

Answer 10

• Must be from noble birth or of a “good” quality
• Hamartia
• Peripeteia
• Anagnorisis

Question 11

Mimesis

Answer 11

• Imitation

Question 12

Carrhesis

Answer 12

• Purification of emotion

Question 13

Harmartia

Answer 13

• A flaw or mistake that the hero makes

Question 14

Hubris

Answer 14

• Pride ( can often be harmartia)

Question 15

Peripeteia

Answer 15

• A reversal in a situation (ex. Endgame)

Question 16

Anagnorisis

Answer 16

• The realization or recognition of knowledge
  (a change from ignorance to awareness)

Question 17

Denoument

Answer 17

• French word for final resolution in the plot
  ( Happens after peripeteia & anagnorisis while bringing on sense or cartarsis)