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