Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era

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Across
  1. 2. Types of poetry Shakespeare writes
  2. 4. Irony in which there is a contrast in spoken words and their meaning
  3. 10. Week-long Ancient Roman celebration in December
  4. 12. Genre of Richard III
  5. 15. A softening of a blunt word or phrase (LD)
  6. 16. Reference to something popular (LD)
  7. 17. Monarch during most of Shakespeare's time
  8. 18. Genre of Romeo and Juliet
  9. 20. A play on words with similar sounds or multiple meanings
  10. 21. Elizabethan successor to the Feast of Fools
  11. 22. An incorrect use of a word or phrase(LD)
  12. 23. One of Shakespeare’s professions
  13. 24. Surname of Shakespeare’s wife
  14. 26. Name of publication of Shakespeare's works (1623)
Down
  1. 1. Shakespeare's birthplace
  2. 3. Irony in where events defy expectations
  3. 5. Likely purpose of Shakespeare's play
  4. 6. Shakespeare’s ability to write want the public craves makes him a “shrewd” ________
  5. 7. One of Shakespeare’s professions
  6. 8. Irony in which the audience knows something the character does not
  7. 9. Day that the twelfth night falls on: January
  8. 11. _____ Century: Years 1600-1699
  9. 13. _____ Century: Years 1500-1599
  10. 14. Time of feasting and mockery in the days following Christmas in medieval Europe
  11. 19. The twelfth night after Christmas; Christian feast
  12. 25. Genre of Twelfth Night