The English Renaissance: Shakespeare and His Works

The English Renaissance

Units: Shakespearean sonnets have three rhyming quatrains followed by one rhyming couplet.

Rhyme Scheme: Is how the verse can be determined by their rhyme. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

5 plays of Shakespeare:

1. Romeo and Juliet
2. As you like it
3. Hamlet
4. Night of kings
5. Julius Cesar

William Shakespeare

1. Date of Birth: April 23, 1564
2. Education: King Edward VI
3. Movement: Renaissance
4. Occupation: Writer
5. Number 1 play: Macbeth
6. Date of death: May 3, 1616

Vocabulary:

1. Tragic hero: Main character who comes to an unhappy end.
2. Catastrophe: Disastrous event that ruins the hero's life.
3. Tragic flaw: Weakness in character that leads to the hero's downfall.
4. Soliloquy: Speech made by a character alone on stage that reveals the character's inner feelings.
5. Antagonist: Characters in conflict with the hero.
6. Foreshadowing: Use of hints or clues about what will happen later.
7. Remark made to the audience or to another character quietly so that it can't be heard by the other character on stage.
8. Dramatic Irony: Occurrence in which the audience knows what characters don't know.