Introduction to Shakespeare's Othello Notes

William Shakespeare

Born April 1564 in Stratford-on-avon

he was very educated; knew latin, greek, history,math, music and astronomy.

wrote 38 plays and 4 poems

Vocabulary

verse vs. pose aside allusion

meter monologue foil

foot soliloquy tragedy

iambic Pentameter blank verses vs.free Tragic hero

Tragic flow sonnet Quatrain

couplet

verse vs. prose meaning (usage )

poetic style of verse used for high status characters, great affairs of war and state, and tragic moments

prose used for low statuses, poor people

Meter and foot

foot; a group of syllables that form one complete unit

Introduction to Shakespeare's Othello