Julius Caesar

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