How can we understand characters in a Shakespeare play?

By what other characters say about them

responsibility for their actions

How does Desdemona suffer uncommon suffering with uncommon dignity?

She refused to abandon who she is despite anyone else

What is one difference between Elizabethan drama and today's drama?

Elizabethan drama is not meant to depict real life

see the consequences of their actions

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Shakespeare/Tragic Hero

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1
A difference between Shakespeare's drama and today's is?
Symbolic Art
Narrative Style
Attention to detail
Loss of greatness
2
What time of day were plays performed in Shakespeare's time?
Double Time
Night time
Any time
Day time
3
Who is the tragic hero in Othello?
Casio
Desdemona
Roderigo
Iago
4
The future of Shakespeare's characters depends on..
Fortune
Avarous
Chance
Fate
5
Which of these are of the six universals
Good, Evil, Innocence, Purity,
Evil, Truth, Justice, Honor
Good, Purity, Justice, Beauty
Truth, Hubris, Beauty, Justice
6
What type of meter did Shakespeare write in?
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Blank Verse/Iambic Pentameter
Iambic Pentameter
7
How are you doing?
bad
good
8
What is the name of the era that Shakespeare wrote in?
English Renaisance
Edwardian
Victorian
Augustan
9
Tragic heros...
fall from grace
suffer a reversal of fortune
act irresponsibly
suffer indignity and disgrace
10
Tragic hero's are
Brave and fearless
better than we are
bound for a fall
Noble and rightious
11
Shakespeare people believe that what goes up eventually...
Goes sideways
goes backward
Goes well
Goes down
12
How can we understand characters in a Shakespeare play?
by what they are meant to symbolize
By what is revealed about their background
by how much they appear in the play
By what other characters say about them
13
Tragic figures face uncommon suffering with uncommon
courage
dignity
wrath
integrity
14
What uncommon suffering does Othello experience?
Being betrayed by Othello
Dying
Killing his innocent wife
Being betrayed by his wife
15
What was a difference between Elizabethan drama and drama of today?
Realistic Portrayal
Parallel plot lines
The importance of words
The importance of costume
16
Tragic hero's take
advantage of their fate
revenge
action against their enemies
responsibility for their actions
17
What was unusual about women characters on stage?
Played by unwed women
Played by boys
Played by women with no children
Played by audience members
18
How can we understand characters in Shakespeare's plays?
By who they are
By what they say
By their motivation
By their context
19
_____________ is a unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed
Iamb
synech
Profor
You am
20
Who symbolizes evil in Othello?
Othello
Berbanchio
Iago
Roderigo
21
Which of these are part of a De Casibus tragedy
Betrayal
Morel Lesson
A reconciliation
A consequential action
22
How does Desdemona suffer uncommon suffering with uncommon dignity?
She pledges revenge on Othello
She is innocent
She refused to abandon who she is despite anyone else
She dies with dignity
23
Which of these is of the six universals
Benevolence, Truth, Wisdom, Prudence
Good, Evil, Justice, Beauty
Temperance, Justice, Beauty, Fortitude
Innocence, Justice, Benevolence, Pride
24
Tragic figures face...
Uncommon adversaries
uncommon situations
uncommon action
uncommon suffering
25
What is one difference between Elizabethan drama and today's drama?
Elizabethan drama relies on the audiences background
It was older
Elizabethan drama is not meant to depict real life
Elizabethan drama was only showed to Royals
26
Tragic Heros...
see the consequences of their actions
Avoid responsibility for their actions
Seek revenge for being wronged
React violently and irrationally
27
a purging of emotion
Catharsis
Epiphany
Alliteration
Assonance
28
Characters in Shakespeare are meant to be ...
Symoblic
Good
Dramatic
Realistic
29
Which of these is part of a De Casibus Tragedy?
a compromise with an enemy
repenting for a deed
a fall from privilage
making amends

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