Twelfth Night Introduction

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Across
  1. 3. Irony in which audiences know something that the characters do not
  2. 5. Time of feasting and mockery in the days following Christmas in medieval Europe
  3. 7. Likely purpose of the play
  4. 8. Elizabeth’s successor as British Monarch
  5. 11. One of Shakespeare’s professions
  6. 12. Genre of Twelfth Night
  7. 14. The twelfth night after Christmas
  8. 16. Irony in which there is a contrast between audiences’ expectations and plot events
  9. 18. An ancient Roman time of festivity and fun in December
  10. 20. Day that the twelfth night falls on: January ______
  11. 21. Genre of Richard III
Down
  1. 1. A softening of a blunt word or phrase
  2. 2. Shakespeare’s ability to write want the public craves makes him a “shrewd” _______
  3. 4. Shakespeare was born in _________-upon-Avon
  4. 6. Genre of Romeo and Juliet
  5. 9. An incorrect use of a word or phrase
  6. 10. Irony in which there is a contrast in spoken words and their meaning
  7. 13. Queen when Shakespeare was born
  8. 15. Surname of Shakespeare’s wife
  9. 17. A play on words with similar sounds or multiple meanings (LD)
  10. 19. One of Shakespeare’s professions