Shakespeare and Comedy
Across
- 2. character directly addresses audience
- 4. universal statement from a literary work
- 5. things getting interesting in a plot
- 9. things are going downhill in a plot
- 10. the turning point of the action
- 14. when good things happen to characters in a Greek play
- 15. two or more character's speaking
- 16. Shakespeare's plays about English kings
- 17. something representing something else
- 19. predetermined; inescapable
- 21. the audience knows that the characters don't know yet
- 23. genre meant to make audience laugh
- 24. Shakespeare's funny plays
- 25. the structure of all Shakespearean plays
- 26. everything gets wrapped up in a plot
Down
- 1. twist ending
- 3. difference between what's said and what's meant
- 6. the difference between reality and expectations
- 7. recurring element
- 8. based on Greek comedies
- 11. Aristotle's great think piece on epics/plays
- 12. one character totally alone on stage
- 13. intro and background
- 18. Shakespeare's sad plays
- 20. one character speaking with others present
- 22. when things go wrong and make the audience laugh