6V Literature - Shakespeare re-cap 2.0

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This lesson contains 22 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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This class
  • Presentation about the Four Great Tragedies by Maria and Bianca
  • Shakespeare: the master of language
  • Famous Shakespeare quotes
  • Shakespeare quiz
  • If time left: part of Shakespeare In Love (1998)

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Slide 3 - Video

Shakespeare: master of literature and language
  • Used a variety of sources: classical / historical / contemporary
  • Turned existing subject-matter into something new and unique
  • Showed deep understanding of human nature
  • Was a master of language
  • How?

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Master of language
  • Shakespeare coined around 1700 common words
  • Wrote accomplished blank verse with subtle imagery
  • Produced some of the most famous quotations in English
  • Such as....

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Famous quotations
Which words are missing?

  • If  music be the food of ..., play on / Give me excess of it
  • All the world's a stage / And all the men and women merely ...
  • What's in a name? That which we call a ... / By any other name would smell as sweet

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Famous quotations
  • If  music be the food of love play on / Give me excess of it (The Tempest, Act 1 - Scene 1)
  • All the world's a stage / And all the men and women merely  players (As You Like It, Act 2 - Scene 7)
  • What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 - Scene 2)

Slide 7 - Slide

SHAKESPEARE

Slide 8 - Mind map

What was Shakespeare's birth year?
A
1582
B
1585
C
1564
D
1592

Slide 9 - Quiz

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
A
154
B
112
C
103
D
188

Slide 10 - Quiz

What is the common element of comedies?
A
they end in death
B
they end in marriage
C
they end in tragedy
D
they end in festivity

Slide 11 - Quiz

The common element of tragedies is ...
A
DEATH
B
LOVE
C
WAR
D
LIFE

Slide 12 - Quiz

Slide 13 - Slide

Slide 14 - Slide

Which are the Four Great Tragedies?
A
Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Richard II
B
Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello
C
Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth, Othello
D
King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo & Juliet

Slide 15 - Quiz

Slide 16 - Slide

How many words did Shakespeare invent?
A
around 1900
B
around 500
C
around 1000
D
around 1700

Slide 17 - Quiz

What kind of plays are Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet?
A
tragedy and tragedy
B
tragedy and history play
C
history play and comedy
D
tragedy and comedy

Slide 18 - Quiz

Which is NOT an element of a soliloquy?
A
character talks to him/herself
B
character talks to the rest of the cast
C
character relates to thoughts+feelings
D
character talks to the audience

Slide 19 - Quiz

Which Shakespeare text/fragment did you like best?

Slide 20 - Open question

Would you like to see a real Shakespeare play (in the theatre)? Why (not)?

Slide 21 - Open question

What if we would stage a Shakespeare play - would you want to participate? Why (not) and how?

Slide 22 - Open question