Shakespeare Xtra Credit

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Across
  1. 2. VERSE, Poetry Shakespeare used in his plays, unrhymed iambic pentameter
  2. 3. a handsome Venetian desired by many women
  3. 5. Aristotle's view on stage life
  4. 6. ON AVON, Shakespeare's birthplace
  5. 9. Era during which Shakespeare lived and wrote
  6. 13. Metrical foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
  7. 14. Shakespeare's series of love poems written in the 1590s
  8. 16. a courtesan of Cyprus in love with Cassio
  9. 17. FIGURE, Character like Oedipus who experiences a downfall due to a tragic flaw
  10. 20. Killing of one's father (part of the plot of "Oedipus Rex")
  11. 22. Verse with five metrical feet per line, often used by Shakespeare
  12. 23. Brabantio's daughter
  13. 24. CASSIO, Othello's loyal friend
  14. 26. former governor of Cyprus
  15. 28. a wealthy but Foolish suitor of Desdemona
  16. 31. target of the Turks
Down
  1. 1. Audience members who stood in the "pit" at the Globe Theater
  2. 4. Era named after Queen Elizabeth I
  3. 6. Playwright who wrote "Oedipus Rex"
  4. 7. Philosopher whom Aristotle studied with
  5. 8. Regular rhythmic pattern in language
  6. 10. Desdemona's uncle
  7. 11. Actors who played female roles during Shakespeare's time
  8. 12. Othello's racial identity
  9. 15. Iago's wife
  10. 18. Symbol of fidelity
  11. 19. Marriage to one's mother (part of the plot of "Oedipus Rex")
  12. 21. Greek philosopher during the 4th century BC
  13. 22. Aristotle's work on literary theory
  14. 25. Shakespeare's villainous manipulator
  15. 27. "Great" student of Aristotle
  16. 29. Othello's tragic flaw
  17. 30. home of the duke