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Shakespeare and the Theater [IN 63]
What concerns do you have about reading Shakespearean texts? What strategies could you use to be a successful reader of Shakespeare’s works?Slide2
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Table of Contents
65-66 Iambic Pentameter
Words Worth Knowing
Inversion
: reversal of the normal word order of a sentence – used for emphasis, variety, rhyme, and meter
Meter
: generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetrySlide3
Inversion in Romeo and Juliet
“Black and portentous must his humor prove” (
I.i
)
“Such comfort as do lusty young men feel shall you this night” (
I.ii
)
“There art thou happy” (
III.iii
)
“Never was seen so black a day as this” (
IV.v
)
“Away from light steals home my heavy son” (
I.vii
)
“Me they shall feel” (
I.i
)
“Hence from Verona art thou banished” (
III.iii
)
“This
kindness will I
show” (
Merchant
of
Venice
I.iii
)Slide4
Why Shakespeare
Loved Iambic Pentameter
David T. Freeman and Gregory TaylorSlide5
Why do Shakespeare’s words have such staying power
?Slide6
Review
1. What is the stress pattern of an iamb?
Stressed, unstressed
Unstressed, stressed
Stressed, stressed
Unstressed, unstressedSlide7
Review
2. Iambic
pentameter contains _____ feet, each of which contains _____ syllables.
Two, five
Five, five
Five, two
Three, twoSlide8
Review
3. Which of these is NOT a type of metrical foot?
Ptero
Dactyl
Iamb
TrocheeSlide9
Review
4. Which of these lines is NOT in iambic pentameter?
“But
soft! What light through yonder window breaks
?”
“A
little more than kin and less than kind
.”
“A
little more than kin and less than kind
.”
“So
foul and fair a day I have not seen
.”Slide10
Review
5. Shakespeare’s characters often speak in iambic pentameter when they are feeling ___.
Heightened emotions
Introspective
Passionate
All of the aboveSlide11
Discuss
Think about how you speak when you are feeling a strong emotion: anger, happiness, sadness, and disappointment. In trying to express yourself, do you use specific kinds of words? Do you use short sentences or long sentences? And does your language change depending on the kind of emotion you’re feeling?Slide12
Discuss
Review the definitions of “trochee” and “dactyl.” To which kinds of moods or tones might these types of feet be suited, based on the way they sound in verse
?Slide13
Shakespearean SonnetsSlide14
Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a
summer’s day
?
Thou art more
lovely
and more
temperate
.
Rough
winds
do shake the
darling
buds
of
May
,
And
summer’s
lease
hath all too
short
a
date
.
Sometime too
hot
the
eye
of
heaven
shines,
And often is his
gold complexion
dimmed;
And every
fair
from
fair
sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s
changing course, untrimmed
;
But thy eternal
summer
shall not
fade
,
Nor lose
possession
of that
fair
thou
ow’st
,
Nor shall
death
brag thou
wand’rest
in his shade,
When in
eternal lines
to Time thou grow’st.
So long as men can
breathe
, or eyes can
see
,
So long
lives
this, and this gives
life
to thee.