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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