U2-English Renaissance Review

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  1. 3. a literary device in which the author gives clues about events that will happen later in the story
  2. 5. Othello is this--a North African Muslim
  3. 6. a dramatic device in which a character, alone on the stage, reveals his or her private thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud
  4. 7. Desdemona's handmaiden and close friend; married to Iago
  5. 12. along with white skin and fair hair, this attribute was considered high fashion
  6. 16. river in London that the Globe was located by
  7. 19. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (unstressed syllable) followed by one long (stressed syllable)
  8. 21. a minor character whose attitudes, beliefs, and behavior differ significantly from the main character
  9. 22. this character was easily manipulated by Iago because of his love for Desdemona; he fights Cassio and later attempts to kill him
  10. 23. covered seating sections at the Globes where the audiences sat
  11. 25. when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other characters on stage
  12. 28. two-line rhyming pair at the end of a sonnet that often provided the answer or the change
  13. 29. the main stage at the Globe is also called this because audiences could sit around all three sides; main action of the play took place here
  14. 30. determined your seating placement in the theatre
  15. 31. four-line sections in a sonnet
  16. 32. introduced the English sonnet, but it was made famous by Shakespeare
  17. 33. this object served as proof of Desdemona's affair with Cassio for Othello
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  1. 1. this color flag flew at the top of the Globe when a tragedy was being performed
  2. 2. the entrance to the theatre is called this today because patrons would put their pennies into a box to enter the theatre
  3. 4. royal family in power in England during the Renaissance
  4. 6. this type of character does not evolve or change (Iago is an example)
  5. 8. patrons at the Globe who stood in the open yard and participated by cheering, shouting, or throwing things at the actors
  6. 9. wrote Hecatommithi, Shakespeare's source material for Othello
  7. 10. these made their first appearance in the Renaissance (on both men and women)
  8. 11. Iago tells Othello to beware of jealousy, because it was a ...
  9. 13. 14-line lyric poem with a single theme
  10. 14. poem form that idealized the simple lives of shepherds in a rural setting; criticized the worldly pursuit of fame and fortune
  11. 15. Greek for "to err"; a tragic flaw that leads to the demise of a character
  12. 17. Shakespeare is the _______ most quoted writer in the English language
  13. 18. built a telescope to see the skies
  14. 19. corrupt practice of the Catholic church; buying off sins
  15. 20. French word meaning "rebirth"
  16. 24. Shakespeare's partner who played Othello in the first performance
  17. 26. discovered that the heart pumped blood all over the body
  18. 27. this signified which type of play was being performed at the Globe Theatre