We read the
following: Othello, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew (Film), The Twelfth Night, sonnets.
CPA: Please answer 5 of the 10 questions.
H: Please answer 7 of the 10
questions. If you need more time please
write this clearly at the top and see me Monday morning to arrange a time for
you to finish.
#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 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.
You may answer this as a list.
#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, The Taming of the Shrew Othello, Hamlet.
#8 Define a Shakespearian Sonnet. What did his sonnets reveal about him that
his plays may not have? Please give
specific examples. Write an original
sonnet about this class that follows the rules and rhyme pattern of a
sonnet.
#9 Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and discuss how well
they handled power.
#10 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.
