Across
- 1. give good fortune to
- 2. flew over on performance days
- 8. one who makes solemn protestations
- 10. a character who is noble but, due to one or more fatal character flaws is met with tragedy
- 12. the number of plays Shakespeare wrote
- 13. a drama that ends in catastrophe
- 15. great landowners, ruling class
- 18. the commencement of two or more words with the same letter
- 19. the character flaw of a character
- 21. a stanza consisting of 2 rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is a ______ couplet
- 22. city where Shakespeare was born was ____-Upon-Avon
- 24. reader knows information that characters don't
- 25. gladly
- 27. reason theaters closed in 1592-1594
- 28. acting group to which Shakespeare belongs was ______ men
- 30. defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 was Sir ______ Drake
- 31. little crowns worn by those of lesser ranking
- 32. historically incorrect
- 34. a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line is the ____ pentameter
- 35. the outcome is contrary to what was expected is the _____ of situation
- 36. most famous Elizabethan Theatre
- 37. unrhymed iambic pentameter
- 39. a figure of speech that has contradicting elements
- 42. group of performers who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action
- 43. lifted high
- 44. a world that has a role in many of Shakespeare's plays
- 45. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictions or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
- 47. played leading role in many Shakespeare productions
- 48. a reference the author expects the reader to know
Down
- 1. comparison using like or as
- 3. month when Shakespeare was born and died
- 4. age of Anne Hathaway at marriage
- 5. to maintain iambic pentameter
- 6. split
- 7. 3 rulers: Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar
- 9. stood on ground at Globe theater
- 11. age of Shakespeare at marriage
- 14. speaking to an object that can't respond
- 16. women who Shakespeare married was Anne _____
- 17. parallel between nature and reality
- 20. theater is located on east bank of this river
- 23. built the Globe Theatre
- 26. where globe Theater was located
- 27. less wealthy landholders, merchants, small farmers
- 29. one speaker on stage
- 33. lively spirited
- 38. Queen who reigned during this time period
- 40. direct comparison
- 41. natural order
- 46. a play on words
- 48. when two characters talk on stage and others characters pretend not to hear