English (Shakespearean literature)

14 lines
Rhyme scheme (ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG)
3 quatrains
A rhyming couplet

English and Italian

two parts of eight and six lines

Edmund Spencer

A turn in a Sonnet is a change from stating questions and problems to resolving them usually in the third quatrain.

Repetition
Parallelism
Antithesis
Rethorical question
Analogy

The repeated use of a word or phrase.

The use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equally important.

The use of similar grammatical constructions to express sharply contrasting ideas.

a question to which no answer is expected.

A comparison made between 2 dissimilar things to explain an unfamiliar subject in terms of a familiar one

Events and social conditions that inspired or influenced the creation of a literary work.

addresses a specific audience
often explicitly states the speakers purpose
uses rhetorical devices and persuasive techniques
may include a call to action.

Paradox
Figurative language
Irony

A statement that seems contradictory or absurd, but actually reveals some element of truth

Language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of words, often through comparisons of two unlike things, as in similes and metaphors.

A contrast between expectation and reality.

Elaborate metaphor or simile in which the comparison is unusually striking and original. It shows likeness between things that at first seem to have no connection whatsoever. For example. A lover's tears are newly minted coins.

Seeks to persuade readers to agree with a claim or position on an issue.
The structure of arguments includes reasons to accept the claim and evidence for those reasons.

The reasons or points that the author wants the reader to understand.

refers to the selection of actors
Actors may be chosen based on their appearance or age.

refers to the scenery, props and physical location that create the setting for the film
The set design may be traditional, modern and futuristic or primitive, or it may spring from the imagination of the director.
The setting in which the action of the film takes place is important to the director's interpretation, it also affects how the audience reacts.

can have a major influence on the mood and perception of characters.

Expresses strong feelings or thoughts.
Has musical quality.
Deals with intense emotions surrounding events such as death, love, or loss.
Includes forms such as ode, elegy and sonnet.

Consists of 14 lines
in the Shakespearean form, groups the main ideas into 3 quatrains and one couplet.
Is written in lambic pentameter.
Focuses on the sentiment of motion.
Includes a turn or shift in the poem that starts somewhere after the second quatrain.
Often includes revelation or resolution in the couplet.

focuses on the literary work in general as the subject.
Describes an aspect or aspects of the subject, such as its origins, characteristics, or effects of the mixed interpretive claims or judgments that are backed by evidence.

interprets a literary source, such as a player novel
uses elements such as visual images, sounds, music, and lightning to convey ideas and emotions.
Often reflects the director's personal vision.

portrays the downfall of a dignified, courageous character who's generally of importance in society.
Heroes downfall occur because of a character weakness, error in judgment, or circumstances out of his or her control.
Events lead to have disastrous or unhappy ending.

Exposition, introduction of characters and setting.
rising action, development of conflicts and suspense.
climax, a turning point at which the outcome becomes clear.
Falling action, events that result from the climax
resolution, final outcome.

performed in the afternoon on a platform stage in the Theater center.
The stage was mostly bare, which allowed for quick scene changes.
A trap door gave the stage at the flexibility.
In Hamlet, it was used for the ghost entrances and exits.
Because the theater was viewed as disreputable, women were not allowed to perform. Boys played the female roles.

During the Middle Ages, English drama focused mainly on religious themes, teaching more or lessons or retelling Bible stories. In the Renaissance, however. Renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman literature le brilliant playwrights to model plays on classical drama. The plays were usually comedies or tragedies.

like many plays written before the 19th Century Hamlet is a verse drama.
Many English verse dramas are written in blank verse or in Iambic Pentameter. A meter in which the normal line contains 5 stressed syllables, each preceded by an unstressed syllable.

Soliloquy and Aside

Soliloquy is a Speech character makes while alone to reveal thoughts to the audience.

An aside is a remark character quietly makes to the audience or to another character, but that others on stage are not supposed to hear

In dramatic irony, the audience knows something that one or more characters don't know. For example, the audience knows why Hamlet often behaves strangely in the play, but most characters are confused by this behavior.

The English language that Shakespeare used was quite different from today's language.

Shakespeare, often news then outdated, pronounce Thou, thee, thy, thine and thyself. In place of forms of you, he also used old verb forms such as art (are) and cometh (Comes).

Words often appear in an unusual order. For example, Polonius tells Laertes neither a borrower nor a lender be. Instead of be neither a borrower nor a lender.

Shakespeare used archaic words, seeling (blinding).
Our words with different modern meanings. Choppy (chapped).
He also invented new words like assassination, commonly used today.