Shakespeare Review Sheet:

The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet 2012

We read the following: Othello, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, The Twelfth Night, sonnets.

The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):

#1 Examine the relationship in terms of a timeline between Desdemona and Othello. Please make sure to examine the end of their relationship, and how specifically Othello believes she has not been faithful. Examine how 4 characters other than Othello are directly, or indirectly responsible for the tragic ending.


#2 Please explain the ending of the 12th Night. Did true love prevail? Were you satisfied with the ending? Why or Why not? Please use specific details in your response.


#3 Talk about what makes a Shakespearian tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits the definition.


#4 Please define the following literary devices that Shakespeare uses:

Alliteration, simile, metaphor, reversed word, reversed sentence construction, classical allusion, personification, suspension of disbelief, aside, using language to show class and status in the play. You should have three examples of each term and be ready to explain how they are used.


#5 Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and discuss how well they handled power.


#6 Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use 3 specific scenes in your discussions.


7. Love, and the quest for love are important themes in many of Shakespeare’s plays. Please examine three relationships and explain in detail how they played out in specific detail using the 3 of the following plays: The 12th Night, Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello.


#8 Define a Shakespearian Sonnet. What did his sonnets reveal about him that his plays may not have? Pick a sonnet and be familiar enough with it that you could reference it in an answer. Be prepared to write an original sonnet about this class that follows the rules and rhyme pattern of a sonnet. You might wish to write this before the exam and have it on your page of notes.

Brit Lit:

I collected your journals.  If you did not pass it in, it is now late.  Please do so ASAP.

We defined the many Themes in 1984.

We discussed propaganda.  I showed you a few examples from the cold war: both American and Russian propaganda videos.  Why are we so easily led?

I gave you a final review sheet.  Please begin to study.

Read pgs 183-256 for HW

Shakespeare:

Today:

I gave you your final exam review sheet.  Please begin to review.

We looked at "e Good and the Badde"  Sterotypes of women from 1616

We talked about the stereotypes of women in 1616, and I asked you to find evidence of each in the play.

We finished the movie (30 Min.)

Brit Lit:

Today:

We took a quiz on 1984.

We went to the computer lab to type the final draft of your Room 101 paper.

HW:  I will be collecting your journals this Friday.  Please make sure that you have all the prompts completed.  Read to pg 201 in 1984

Shakespeare:

Today:

We took a quiz held over from yesterday on act 2.  We reviewed act 3.

We finished the Zeffirelli version of the play.

HW:  Please read act 4. 

Remember: always end in greatness.

Brit Lit:

Today:  Each group presented their Utopia.  We talked about the pros and cons of each world.

For your journal prompt, I asked you to place yourself into one of these perfect worlds, and explain in 1 page how you might attempt to destroy it.

We defined dystopia.  We looked closer at the world of 1984 and talked about the dystopian images in the novel.

We watched scenes from Blade Runner to help visualize the concept.

Question:  Why can't humans produce a perfect peaceful world?

HW:  Please read to 183.

Shakespeare:

Today: 

We talked about your HW questions for Act II.

We watched the Elizabeth Taylor version of Taming of the Shrew.

HW:  Please read Act III.  The Act II quiz was moved until Thursday- so also look over act 2.

Brit Lit:

We talked about room 101. 

You wrote the 1st draft of your room 101 paper.  Final copy is due Friday.

You were given a utopia, and you needed to describe how you would overthrow their perfect world.  1 page.

HW:  Please read to pg 122 in 1984.

Shakespeare:

Today:  I broke you into small groups and asked you to cast for The Twelfth Night with a modern cast.

We looked at the cast for Taming of the Shrew

We watched Sir Alec Guinness, the original Ben Kenobi, star in the Twelfth Night.  My inner nerd is glowing...

HW:  Read act 1 in Shrew.  Please be ready for a quiz Tuesday.