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Notes on William Shakespeare and Julius Caesar
I. Shakespeare’s Life
A. Born: ___________________ Died: ____________________
He died almost ___________________ years ago.
B. Born in __________________________________ in
Warwickshire in the country of _________________________
C. Regarded as “___________________________________”
D. Wrote _____________ plays in ________________ years and
Numerous __________________________
E. Better than any other writer before him because he understood _____________________
____________________
F. Lived during the _____________________ (1350-1600)
1. Time of ________________________ in Europe
2. When Europe made the first expeditions to the ___________________
___________________
3. ____________________________ advanced and the ____________________
flourished
4. Ancient ____________________ and __________________ were being
rediscovered by archeologists
G. Lived during __________________ ___________________ Reign (1558 –1603)
1. ____________________ became very powerful
2. People knew little about life in ancient _____________; therefore details of
_______________________ life are mixed in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
H. Family life
1. Married ___________ ________________
2. Father of _______________ children ______________, ___________________,
and _______________
I. Actor and playwright at the age of ___________
1. Wrote four types of plays:
_______________________, __________________, ___________________,
and _________________
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is _________________ that is bases on
__________________
3. His plays were performed in three theaters most often the
______________________.
4. _______________________ watched the plays from the ground, not seats in the
theater
5. _____________________ played female roles in his plays.
6. _____________________ is one of the first plays to be performed in the U.S.
II. Shakespearean Conventions
A. A convention is an ___________________ between the artist and the audience.
B. _________________________: character speaks alone on stage, used to convey
character’s thoughts and feeling directly to the audience.
C. ______________________: remarks made by characters to audience or another
character on stage; not meant to be heard by other characters on stage.
D. ____________________: when characters speak in poetry
E. ____________________: when characters speak in regular sentences that form
paragraphs
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