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Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare notes, Literature terms, Elizabethan Theatre, etc.

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King James Ifollowed Liz I, wrote King James Bible
thundermade by rolling cannonball down stairs
lightningmade by lighting a squib
squibwire attached to cloth w/ sulfur powder inside
stab woundsanimal bladder filled w/ blood, worn under clothes
ghosts came from...trapdoor
angels came from...balcony, lowered by pulleys
How Globe Theatre ended...burned down after cannonball went off
propsomething a character brings onstage
Rich clothing:velvet, taffeta, satin, silk
Lower class clothingwool, canvas
Royalty wore:purple fabric made from crushed shellfish
Servants wore:navy blue
Upper class wore:red
yellow means:jealousy
azure blue or teal means:honor
orange means:pride
rose means:gallantry
oxymorona contradiction in terms
alliterationthe repetition of a beginning consonant sound
rhymed coupled2 successine lines of poetry, usu. equal in length, that rhyme
pun/double entendrea play on words
soliloquylong speech given by an actor when alone onstage
eye rhymelook like they should rhyme, but don't
metaphorcomparison, not using "like" or "as"
similiecomparison using "like" or "as"
hyperbolegross exxageration
litotesan understatement (a scratch)
apostrophetalking to someone who is not present or an inanimate object
Shakespeare's wifeAnne Hathaway
Shakespeare's kidsSusanna, Hamnet, Judith
Shakespeare's name first appeared in print...when a man attacked his writing

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