Literature 7: Sonnets

Literature 7: 
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Periode B)
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Literature 7: 
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Periode B)

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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. 

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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."

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Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Literature 7)

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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 compare thee to a summer's day"
- Sonnet originally comes from Italy
- 1609: Shakespeare's Sonnets
- contained 154 poems

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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

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Slide 10 - Video

Sonnet 116
= about the extreme ideal of love:
    - never changes
    - never fades
    - outlasts death
    - has no flaws
  

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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

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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


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Let's practise!

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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

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