V5 P2 Shakespeare's plays

Basic rules

We do our work when we should
We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class

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This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Basic rules

We do our work when we should
We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class

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learning goals

- I can explain what a tragedy, comedy, and history is

- I can name Shakespearean examples for each of these categories

- I can explain a plot structure

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Shakespeare

Slide 3 - Mind map

What are Aristotles unities?
(remember, there are 4)

Slide 4 - Open question

What is the difference?

Tragedy

Comedy

History

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Tragedies

A work in which the main character is brought to ruin especially in consequence of a tragic flaw or moral weakness. It has an unhappy, but meaningful ending.

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Shakespeare's tragedies

"the Scottish Play"
Hamlet
King Lear
Othello
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet

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Comedies

A dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains resolution of the thematic conflict.

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Shakespeare's comedies

As You Like It
Much Ado About Nothing
The Taming of the Shrew
Two Gentlemen of Verona
A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Histories

Based on the life of a historic (British) King.

In his histories, Shakespeare explores the issue of kingship: What is a good king? What is a rightful king? How do you deal with a rightful king that is not a good king?

(deposing of a king was seen as a sin against God because a king was seen as God's temporal representation on earth)

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Shakespeare's histories

Richard I
Henry IV (pt. 1 and 2)
Henry V
Henry VI (pt. 1 and 2)

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Freytag's Pyramid

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Freytag's Pyramid

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Exposition

> the start of the story

> the protagonist is introduced

> the (main/first) setting is described

> something happens

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Rising Action

> events unfold

> things happen

> more problems

> more exciting

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Climax

> most exciting

> problems at max

> can't stop reading/ playing/watching

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Falling Action

> main problem is solved

> other (minor) problems are resolved

> questions are answered

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Denouement/

Resolution

The they-lived-happily-

ever-after-stage

!not always happy ending!

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Think of Cinderella

What type of story is this? (i.e. comedy, tragedy, history)

Fill in the plot pyramid for Cinderella.

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Cinderella

Cinderella and the other characters are introduced

the king wants his son to find a suitable bride

- Cinderella is not allowed to go to the ball

- her fairy godmother helps her

- she dances with the prince

- she looses her slipper

- the prince wants to find her

the slipper doesn't fit the stepsisters, but does fit Cinderella

the prince marries Cinderella

and they lived happily ever after

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