PPT-Vocabulary: Drama and Shakespeare

Comic relief the inclusion of a humorous character scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension Foil In fiction a foil is a character who contrasts with another character usually the protagonist in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. EQ: How can I understand Shakespeare & apply it to my life?. Shakespeare, alias the Bard. EQ: How can I apply Shakespeare to today’s . world or the world of early America?. Times. Elizabethan Age (era of peace after 100 Years War with France & the War of Roses, a civil war in England) . . . Time & money for the . Romeo & Juliet. Ms. Forsyth and Mr. Bernstein. Honors English 9. Bear Creek High School. This presentation will…. inform you about the life and work of the mysterious William Shakespeare.. provide you details about Elizabethan society and theater.. 1564-1616. The “be-all and end-all” of dramatists. CLICK ON SPEAKER TO HEAR SOUND. CHILDHOOD. Born in . Stratford-upon-Avon. Son of a glove-maker. Grammar school education. (6am-6pm) boys studied Latin:Cicero,Virgil,Ovid, and Seneca. The Poet. SHAKE-SPEARE’S SONNETS. Published in . 1609. . Thomas Thorpe was the publisher. Shakespeare did . not. give his approval. Thorpe was “cashing-in” on Shakespeare. Before attempting sonnets, Shakespeare wrote two . xlix-lii. THE TEXTS OF SHAKESPEARE. So far as we know, only a few pages of a play in Shakespeare’s hand exists, a fragment from a play called . Sir Thomas More. We do have printed texts that have survived as either quartos or folios. 1564-1616. 1592 first evidence of arrival on London theatrical scene. 1594 forms . Lord Chamberlain’s. men. 1603 renamed the . King’s Men. Composition of . Tempest. around 1610-1611 . Circa 1611 London career ends. drama. comes from the Greek verb . dran. , which means “to do.” The Doing/Acting is what makes drama.. The earliest known plays. . . . Were written around the fifth century B.C. Produced for festivals to honor Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility. Welcome from Kat and Shaffer!. Who are we?. Kat Shondeck. 7. th. year with MNMS Drama club. Over 35 years as a performer/director/choreographer/producer. Works at PSU. Lives in Boalsburg with husband, Mike and 5. A story that is written with the purpose of being performed in front of an audience.. Or in other words, a play. Dramas always have 5 major elements (& often more):. Rising action. Conflict. Climax. Ice-Breaker. Take a look at the film script for . The . Monsters . A. re Due on Maple Street. .. Steve. What was that? A meteor? . Don. . [. Nods. ] That's what it looked like. I didn't hear any crash, though, did you? . duplo. and the . karagatan. .. . *. Duplo. – was a poetical debate held by trained men and women in the ninth night, the last night of the mourning period for the dead. . . Bellacos. – male participants, they are the heads of the games. . Hamlet and the Elizabethan Era Shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564-1616) lived during the Elizabethan age, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in England. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, a town in the heart of England. . Drama. has one characteristic peculiar to itself - it is written primarily to be . performed. , not read. It is a presentation of action . a. through . actors . (the impact is direct and immediate), . Drama does not rely on narration, however, presents you with speech and action.. Drama, like prose fiction, utilizes plot and characters, develops a theme, arouses emotion or appeals to humor, and may be escapist or interpretive in its dealings with life. Like poetry, it may draw upon all the resources of language, including verse .