Ohne Titel

Seite 1

Intro to Othello

Born April 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon

Classical ed in Latin, Greek,his., math, music

Most likely began as author

wrote 38 plays: comedies,histories,tragedies, and romances

wrote 4 poems and sonnet cycle

Verse V. Prose

Verse: Poetic language includes rhyme and meter. Organized in lines w consistent # of syllables

Prose: Ordinary written language no rhyme. Organized in sentences (Paragraphs)

Meter

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syll.

Responsible for creating rythm of line

Meter and Foot

Foot: Group of syll. that form one unit of metrical pattern

Meter describe in terms of pattern and number of metrical feet in line

Ianbic pentameter most commonly used in Shakespeare

Blank Verse Vs. Free Verse

Blank: Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Free verse: No reg. meter

Sonnet

14 Line poem

organized in the quartains and couplet

Typical scheme abab cdcd efef gg

4 part organ. d greater flex. abt thematic breaks occur

most pronounced turn comes w concluding couplet

Sonnet: Quatrain and couplet

Quatrain: Four line verse stanza usually rhymed

Couplet: Pair of rhyming verse lines

Aside, Monologue, and Sililoquy

Aside: Characters remark, to audience or other character, that other char. on stage is not supposed to hear

Monologue: Extended speech by single char. that is uninterrupted

Soliloquy: Speech char. gives when he/she is alone onstage

Foil

Char. whose personality or attitude are in sharp contrast to other char. in same work

Allsuion

reference to event, person, place, or other piece of lit.

Shakespeare work contains numerous allusions to greek myth.

Allusion: Janus

Roman god of gates and doors

Douple faced head looking in oppo. directions

Worshipped at begining of Harvest time, planting, marriage, birth

Rep. trans. between primitive ife and civil. between countryside and city peace and war

Tragedy

Serious play repre. disastrous downfall of hero

Achieves catharsis by arousing ity and terror

hero is led into fatal calamity by tragic error which takes form of excessive pride

ragic effects depend on adiences awareness of admirable qual.of hero

Classic Tragic Hero

Good man, impo. to society

Hero suffers fall by something in nature

ll provokes emotions of pity

tragic char. comes to some kind of understanding or new rec. of what has happened

Tragic Flaw

Defect of char. leads to downfall