introduction to Shakespeare notes

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William Shakespeare - Born on April 1564 in Stanford

Started off as a actor.

He wrote 38 plays.

4 poems.

Classic education, latin, Greek and etc.

Vocabulary- Verse vs. Prose , meter , foot , iambie pentameter, blank verse vs free verse , sonnet , quatrain , aside , monologue , soliloquy, allusion, foil, tragedy, tragic hero, and tragic flaw

Verse vs. Prose

Verse= poetic language. there is some rhyme and meter. in lines with numbers of syllables

prose= written language no meter or rhyme . in sentences

Usage-

high status of characters, affair of war, state and tragic moments

low status characters examples like drunkies, letters, funny moments, and express madness

Meter- patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables . responsible for creating the rhythm of line

Meter and Foot- foot is a group[ of syllables and form one complete

Meter is terms of patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables

Iambic pentameter is common metrical pattern

Blank verse vs free verse- unrhymed iambic pentameter . no regular meter

Sonnet- 14 lines most likely in iambic pentameter

Sonn