Shakespeare

1. Shakespeare Ms. Payne’s online Shakespeare Learning Center

2. How To Use! Next Slide Previous Slide Table of Contents Watch Video

3. HERE WE GO! This lesson will have 3 parts! If you don’t understand something, go back and try again. Take your time and have fun!

4. Shakespeare Today Why is Shakespeare still important today? Do his play still have an influence on the entertainment industry today?

5. Watch these clips for a fun introduction to shakespeare! Shakespeare Today

6. Table of Contents Vocabulary Shakespeare’s Style Hamlet Background Info

7. Vocabulary Auspicious favorable Brazen shameless; insolent; disrespectful Consonance  agreement or harmony Divinationfortelling the future by the means of magic

8. Vocabulary Gilded covered with gold; having a background of wealth Jaded weary from overuse Moiety  a part, portion, or share Ostentatious  showy; pretentious

9. Vocabulary Pithy concise and meaningful Retrograde  reverting to an earlier or inferior condition Scant  barely sufficient Tempestuous  turbulent; stormy

10. Good Luck! Review

11. Review A B C D Define Pithy. Example sentence: The critic gave the movie a pithy review. showy; protentious shameless; insolent; disrespectful barely sufficient concise and meaningful

12. Nice Try! A. Incorrect- showy; pretentious is the definition of ostentatious.

13. Try Again! B. Incorrect- shameless; insolent; disrespectful is the definition of brazen.

14. Great work so far but TRY AGAIN! C. Incorrect- barely sufficient is the definition of scant.

15. CORRECT! Keep it up!!!

16. Review A B C D Define auspicious. Example sentence: O Lady Fortune, Stand you auspicious! agreement or harmony foretelling the future by the means of magic favorable turbulent; stormy

17. Wrong A. Incorrect- agreement or harmony is the definition of consonance.

18. Try again!!!! B. Incorrect- this is the definition of divination.

19. You ROCK!

20. Almost!! D. Incorrect- turbulent; stormy is the definition of impetuous.

21. Review A B C D Define jaded. Example sentence: He became jaded from his years of work as a police officer. weary from overuse barely sufficient reverting to an earlier or inferior condition a part, portion, or share

22. GREAT WORK!

23. Try again! B. Incorrect- barely sufficient is the definition of scant.

24. ALMOST! C. Incorrect- reverting to an earlier or inferior condition is the definition of retrograde.

25. Try AGAIN! D. Incorrect- a part, portion, or share is the definition of moiety.

26. Review A B C D Define consonance. Example sentence: The living room lacks consonance because all of the furniture is on one side. covered with gold; coming from a background of wealth agreement of harmony showy; pretentious favorable

27. Nice Try! A. Incorrect- covered with gold; coming from a background of wealth is the definition of gilded.

28. Keep it up! Great Job!

29. You’ll get it next time! C. Incorrect- showy; pretentious is the definition of ostentatious.

30. Try again! D. Incorrect- favorable is the definition of auspicious.

31. Review A B C D Define retrograde. Example sentence: A retrograde policy was put into action that made people poorer than they were before. weary from overuse favorable reverting to an earlier or inferior condition barely sufficient

32. That’s alright! You’ll get it next time!  A. Incorrect-weary from overuse is the definition of jaded.

33. Oops! Go back and try again! B. Incorrect-favorable is the definition of auspicious.

34. YES!

35. Try again! D. Incorrect-barely sufficient is the definition of scant.

36. Shakespeare’s Style Shakespeare expanded the dramatic potential of characterization, plot, and genre. His knowledge and use of language shaped modern English. He introduced romance into a topic for tragedy.

37. Shakespeare’s Style His first plays depended on elaborate metaphors, conceits, and rhetorical language. Example- Two Gentlemen of Verona He began to use a freer style a bit later into his career. Example- Richard II

38. Shakespeare’s Style He used iambic pentameter. Once he became more familiar with iambic pentameter, he began to mix words and syllables around. This is called inversion.

39. Shakespeare’s Style • Iambic pentameter • Usually used in verse drama • The pattern goes  stressed then unstressed • The rhythm is measured in small groups of syllables called feet. • Each line has five feet

40. Review

41. Review A B C What is this passage an example of: To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells. free verse iambic pentameter ballad

42. Close! Keep up the good work! A. Incorrect- free verse is very untraditional and it’s not measured in any way.

43. That’s it!

44. Go back and try again! C. Incorrect- ballads usually have very little detail and the lines 2 and 4 always rhyme.

45. Review A B C What is the line measured in while using iambic pentameter? Feet Sonnet Verse

46. PERFECT!

47. That’s alright! B. Incorrect- a sonnet is a type of poetry not a measurement tool

48. Try again! C. Incorrect- a verse is a line in poetry, not the measurement tool

49. Hamlet Background Info The play vividly portrays madness, treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption It is set in the kingdom of Denmark

50. Hamlet Background Info It was written between 1599 and 1601 Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play We learn Hamlet’s character during the soliloquies, not the action.