Across
- 1. The platform where a play is performed
- 4. When someone breaks trust or turns against another
- 5. When characters speak to each other
- 6. A person’s level or rank in society
- 7. A person in a play or story
- 9. Being humble or not drawing attention to yourself
- 11. Objects used by actors on stage
- 14. A signal for an actor to speak or act
- 15. A play written for performance
- 17. Hints about what will happen later in a story
- 18. Repeating the same consonant sound at the start of words
- 22. People who watch a play
- 23. A life goal for many Elizabethan women
- 25. Ordinary speech or writing, used by lower-status characters
- 27. A type of rhythm used in Shakespeare’s verse
- 28. Famous playwright of the Elizabethan era
- 30. A place where Shakespeare’s works were performed
- 33. A long speech by one character
- 36. A big idea that runs through a text (e.g. power, love)
- 37. Control or influence over others
- 40. Two lines that rhyme, often at the end of a speech
- 41. A woman’s purity, highly valued in Shakespeare’s time
- 42. The words an actor must memorise
- 43. A serious play with a sad ending
- 44. A comparison using “like” or “as”
- 47. How someone is seen by others
- 48. When the opposite of what is expected happens
Down
- 1. Women were expected to remain this in public life
- 2. Name of the queen during Shakespeare’s time
- 3. Getting back at someone who wronged you
- 8. Reputation and respect, often tied to behaviour
- 10. A speech where a character speaks their thoughts aloud
- 12. Using an object to represent an idea or theme
- 13. Fairness or punishment for wrongdoing
- 16. A humorous play, often ending in marriage or celebration
- 19. A line of verse with five beats (or feet)
- 20. A system where men hold most power and control
- 21. Good behaviour or moral values, especially in women
- 24. The theatre where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed
- 25. A person who writes plays
- 26. What women were expected to show to men in Elizabethan times
- 29. Feelings expressed by characters in drama
- 31. Struggle between two opposing forces
- 32. When two or more words sound the same at the end
- 34. The process of finding a husband or wife
- 35. A type of comparison used in Shakespeare’s writing
- 38. When words or phrases are repeated for effect
- 39. Practice session before a performance
- 41. What rises or falls to show the start or end of a play
- 45. Language that creates pictures in the reader’s mind
- 46. Poetry form used in many of Shakespeare’s lines