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Literature 7: Sonnets
Literature 7:
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Periode B)
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Literature 7:
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Periode B)
Slide 1 - Slide
Literature Test:
- All the background information (Literature 1 - 7)
- All the questions in your reader
(you'll get some of them on your test)
- Multiple choice & open questions about Shakespeare, London,
Theatre, his plays, his sonnets, etc.
Slide 2 - Slide
Questions
Open or based on a fragment of text: "How does Lady Macbeth manipulate Macbeth into killing King Duncan?"
Multiple Choice: "When was Shakespeare born?"
A. 1544 B. 1564 C. 1584 D. 1604
True or False: "The Black Death hit London in 1665."
Slide 3 - Slide
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Literature 7)
Slide 4 - Slide
Take a guess: A Shakespearean sonnet (poem) has how many lines?
A
8
B
14
C
18
D
24
Slide 5 - Quiz
Take a guess: Shakespeare wrote how many sonnets?
A
49
B
82
C
137
D
154
Slide 6 - Quiz
Shakespearean Sonnets
- A sonnet = 14-line poem
- Iambic Pentameter = emphasis on 2nd syllable (lettergreep)
& every line has 10 syllables
"Shall
I
com
pare
thee
to
a
sum
mer's
day
"
- Sonnet originally comes from Italy
- 1609:
Shakespeare's Sonnets
- contained 154 poems
Slide 7 - Slide
Slide 8 - Video
Sonnet 18
- Compares the author's
lover to a summer's day
- While summer is lovely...
- ... his lover is more beautiful
and kind
- A summer's day will end,
his love for her will not
Slide 9 - Slide
Slide 10 - Video
Sonnet 116
= about the extreme ideal of love:
- never changes
- never fades
- outlasts death
- has no flaws
Slide 11 - Slide
Slide 12 - Video
Sonnet 130
- Joke on the conventions of love
- Doesn't praise his lover:
- not white as snow
- no beautiful red lips
- no golden hair
- Love doesn't need to be extreme
to be real, against unrealistic ideals
Slide 13 - Slide
Iambic Pentameter is...
A
Emphasis on the first syllable
B
Emphasis on the second syllable
C
Emphasis on the meaning
D
Emphasis on the amount of lines
Slide 14 - Quiz
True or false: "In Sonnet 18, a summer's day is more beautiful than Shakespeare's lover."
A
True
B
False
Slide 15 - Quiz
Shakespeare wrote how many poems?
A
129
B
143
C
154
D
167
Slide 16 - Quiz
Sonnet 130 is a joke on the ...
A
conventions of love
B
conventions of loyalty
C
conventions of devotion
D
conventions of desire
Slide 17 - Quiz
Sonnet 116 describes an extreme ideal of love, which is not mentioned about love?
A
It never changes
B
It outlasts death
C
It has no flaws
D
It is invaluable
Slide 18 - Quiz
Literature Test
- Read & study all the background information
- Check the answers to the questions & study them
- Be prepared for open, multiple choice & true/false questions
Slide 19 - Slide
Let's practise!
Slide 20 - Slide
1. Which is not one of the apparitions in Macbeth?
A
Disembodied head
B
Crowned child
C
Bloody child
D
Ghostlike man
Slide 21 - Quiz
2. Who does Hamlet need to kill?
A
Claudius
B
Duncan
C
Polonius
D
James
Slide 22 - Quiz
3. How many people were burned for witchcraft in Scotland under James I?
Slide 23 - Open question
4. What date is missing in "Remember, remember the .... of November?"
A
fourth
B
fifth
C
sixth
D
seventh
Slide 24 - Quiz
5. How many houses were destroyed in the Great Fire of London
A
11.000
B
13.000
C
15.000
D
17.000
Slide 25 - Quiz
6. Shakespeare was born in what year?
Slide 26 - Open question
7. What was the name of Shakespeare's acting group?
A
Lord Chamberchain's Men
B
Lord Clanderlain's Men
C
Lord Chamberlain's Men
D
Lord Chandermain's Men
Slide 27 - Quiz
8. The Globe Theatre burned down in what year?
A
1603
B
1613
C
1623
D
1633
Slide 28 - Quiz
9. Name the 5 characteristics of a Shakespearean tragedy.
Slide 29 - Open question
10. Name the 5 characteristics of a Shakespearean comedy.
Slide 30 - Open question
11. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
A
144
B
154
C
164
D
174
Slide 31 - Quiz
12. In what neighbourhood or suburb of London was the Globe Theatre built?
A
Southwark
B
Southdark
C
Southmark
D
Southpark
Slide 32 - Quiz
13. How many days did the Great Fire of London go on?
A
2 days
B
4 days
C
6 days
D
8 days
Slide 33 - Quiz
14. Which Shakespeare play is the longest?
A
Macbeth
B
Hamlet
C
Romeo & Juliet
D
King Lear
Slide 34 - Quiz
15. Which of the following plays was written by Marlowe and not Shakespeare?
A
A Midsummer Night's Dream
B
The Merchant of Venice
C
Doctor Faustus
D
Othello
Slide 35 - Quiz
Today:
- Read the
background
information for Literature 7: Sonnets
- Answer the
questions
(use Google/ the internet)
+ Check your
answers
(use Its Learning)
- Read through the information about the Literature Test
+ start studying for the test
Slide 36 - Slide
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