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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 <strong>–</strong>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 6
1. __________________: unit of rhythm in poetry where one unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed one (U I) 2. ____________________ _____________________: unrhymed poetry with five iambs to a line. Also known as _____________________ ____________________ III. Shakespeare’s Dramatic Structure A. his plays have a definite _____________________. Act III _________________ Act II _______________ Act IV ________________ Act I _______________ Act V _______________ B. A tragedy must have a figure of high status with a ______________ ______________ in his/her personality C. This tragic hero is a ____________________________ _________________________________________________ D. ________________ and _________________ are tragic characters. IV. Historical background of The Tragedy of Julius Cesar A. Takes place in ______________ in ___________ Century B.C. B. Play based on the book ____________________________ C. Play is more than a collection of facts; it is a _______________________ and ___________________ of history D. Julius Caesar—the man 1. Lived _________________-_______________ B.C. 2. Called “ __________________________________” because of his influence on Rome 3. Banished from Rome because of an _____________ __________________ 4. Trained for a ____________________ career by studying ____________________ _________________ 5. On his way to _______________________ to study, he was captured by _________________________ 6. Returned to Rome and set out to _________________ _______________________ 7. He did this by: a. __________________________________________ b. __________________________________________ 8. Raised ___________________ __________________ to a position of wealth and power 9. Brilliant military _____________________________ 10. After defeating ________________________ forces in Africa and Spain, he returned to __________________ 11. Rome wanted to make him ______________________ for life E. ____________________________________, Romans expelled their last king named _______________________ who was a ________________________ and set up a ___________________________ government F. This is where the play begins. Caesar just arrived in Rome with _____________________ ___________________ among the people. However, others _______________________ and _______________________ for the republic should he be named _________________________ 7
Page 1 and 2: Name: ____________________________
Page 3 and 4: Topic List for Roman PowerPoint Pre
Page 5: The First Triumvirate (Before play
Page 9 and 10: Fun with Puns A pun is a play on wo
Page 11 and 12: Directions: To help you better unde
Page 13 and 14: 13. What does Cassius’s quote in
Page 15 and 16: Act II: Scene I - Brutus sends him
Page 17 and 18: 12. After reading Caesar’s quote
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Page 21 and 22: Name: ________________________ GRAP
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Page 25 and 26: GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS FOR ACTIVE READI
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