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Shakespeare's Otello Notes

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon.

Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 4 lengthy poems

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Shakespeare's Vocabulary

Tragedy

Tragic Hero

Tragic Flaw

Foil

Allusion

Monologue

Soliloquy

Aside

Meter

Foot

Couplet

Quatrain

Sonnet

Verse vs. Prose

Iambic Pentameter

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Verse vs Prose: A verse uses poetic language using meter and rhyme; it is also organized using syllables. Prose doesn't use meter or rhyme and is in written language in sentences.

Meter: Is the pattern of of stressed and unstressed syllables and is responsible for creating rhyme.

Foot: Group of syllables that form one complete unit of metrical pattern.

Iambic Perimeter: It has stressed and unstressed syllables.

Sonnet: A 14 line poem organized in three quatrains and a couplet.

Aside: A character's remark to the audience or another character.

Monologue: A long interrupted speech

Soliloquy: A speech given while a character is alone on the stage.

Foil: A character with a completely different from another character.

Allusion: A reference to another piece of literature.

Tragedy: A play about the downfall of the hero.

Tragic Hero: A good man that suffers a fall brought by something of nature.