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