Shakespeare Background – Grade 10

England in Shakespeare’s Day [p. 683]
• William Shakespeare is the greatest __Writer_____ of all time.
• He lived in the country of _________England________________ during the
__________Renaissance__________________.
• He was born in the year ____1564____, when _________Elizabeth I______________ was queen of England.
• England was established as a world power in 1588, when English defeated an attempted invasion by _____________Spanish__________ _______Armada___________.
• Plays in which dialogue is mostly poetry is called ______Verse______ _____Drama______.

Theatre in Shakespeare’s Day [p.684]
• In the 1590’s, Shakespeare’s theater group was called the ____Lord________
_______Chamberlain's________________ ____Men______.
• The new London home of the group was a place called the _____Globe________ Theater.
• When Queen Elizabeth I died, the group’s new sponsor was ______King James I____________, and the group changed its name to The ______KIngs__________ _____Men_______.
• The Globe Theater was located on the banks of the ______Thames_________ River.
• The theatre was __3____ stories high, made of ___wood______, and could hold as many as _____three thousand______ spectators. Customers, called ________groundlings______ stood in the pit by the stage and paid t he lowest price for admission. Richer patrons sat in balconies, also called ______galaries________.
• Most theatres in that day had no artificial ______lighting________ or _____heating_________, so performances were given in ________daylight____________ in warmer weather.

Many commonly quoted phrases came from Shakespeare’s plays. Some examples are:
______"freinds, Romans, Countrymen lend me your ears ____ from ___Julius Caesar________________.
__"O Romeo Romeo Where Art the Romeo_______________ from _____
Romeo and Juliet.
____"To be or not ot be_________________________________________ from _____Hamlet______________.


Define these terms found on p. 686-688.
1. verse dramas – PLays in which the dialogue consists almost entirely of poetry
2. blank verse - unrhymed lines
3. iambic pentameter – Fixed pattern of rythmths
4. soliloquy – A long speach given by a character while alone on stage
5. aside – character quiet remark to the audience or another character.
6. rhetorical devices – uses languages and spunds to appeal through audiences emotions
1) the repition of words and sounds
2) parallelism, or repeated gramatical structures
3) rhetorical questions or questions requireing no answer
7. irony – exsists when the is a contrast between appearence and reality
8. dramatic irony – the audience or reader knows something that one or more characters do not know
9. pun –the humorous use of a word in such a way to sugest a different meaning
10. allusion – an implied or indirect reference

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You should also know:
1. ambition – a strong design for status fame or power
2. vanity – something that is in vain
3. envy – powerful or resistance awareness of advantage enjoyed by another
4. revenge – to inflict injury in return for.

In your opinion, is it right to ask a close friend to do something dangerous? Explain.
(Write a paragraph): No, as fun as danger can be, sometimes it is not right to ask a close friend to risk thier health for your own amusement. in other words, i dont think you would be a very good friend if you did.

Lord of the Flies Blog Response (300-400 words)

Humans are evil, it's just that simple. We have potential because some of us have consciences(the little person in the back of our heads telling us whats right and wrong).Humans are paracitic viruses. We start off small and harmless but end up causing pain and suffering to other creatures. Humans are like viruses because we use up the earth we live on until its completly dryed up and deprived of the natural resources it priviously had. Aside from that rant, humans are animals, which is why i believe in evolution because when we are striped of our civilized ways we turn to our most primative state, a savage state. But really what is Good and what is Evil? Is murder good or bad? Is Theft Good or is it bad?? You see From a savage's point of veiw laws and rules may be the roots of evil because for one to be bad you have to have a standard to compare them to...the same goes for being good. But from a modern civilized point of veiw savagery and anarchy are the roots of evil becasue they rely survival for themselves and not for others. My next point is that there is no way humans can possibly be good from the start because of how we are always having to teach our kids how to behave or be "good". It we took a baby and left it on an island with food shelter and water, and it grew up on its own with no contact from an other human beings how do you think it would act? well it would probably act like an animal. Now you may not think much of that because you dont look at animals and try to distinguish whether they are good or bad but if you saw a fully grown human acting like so then you migh think he is evil. All of that was said to make this point, it's in our nature to be evil and theres nothing we can do about it excpt try the best we can to hide it and restrian ourselves from the destruction of society. becasue that's evil's goal. to take everything we have and destroy it so that you can become what you were in the begining, an aniaml. In theLord of the Flies, Jack represents the savage in everyone of us. All he wants to do is hunt and play he even ignores Ralph's plan to be rescued by letting the fires go out. Ralph wants to build a camp and have order and peace like any good civilization but Jack's need for blood takes him and his followers father and father away for good and closer and closer to the evil in our soul. Ralph wants to be civilized, piggy want to have order and jack wants to have fun. Jack is only interested the quest for blood, and it is this that gets him the boys in a frenzy. They get so caught up in their frenzy that they attack Simon and kill him out of fear of the beast. Man is evil. They are capable of evil things. They separate themselves from Ralph and give offering to the "beast".An example of someone who is essentially evil is Adolf Hitler. He is a lot like Jack in this story because Adolf killed his way to the top and brainwashed everyone to help. He was an evil power-hungry dictator. Everything he is can be described as evil. We are evil and we alwasy will be. The only way to become good is to hide our primative sides and shun the evil that is inside us all. we have potential, lets see how we use it.

Lord of The Flies Chapter 8&9 DQ's

Chapter 8

1.Who called the first assembly?
-Jack

2.During the assembly, how many voted that Ralph shouldn't be chief?
-Zero

3.On page 140 the hunters get a new name. What is it?
-Savages

4.The group of boys looked at it with affectionate respect. What was it?
-The conch

5.Who said it?"I'm not going to play any longer. Not with you."
-Jack

6."I think we ought to climb the mountain."
-Simon

7."We'll hunt and I'm going to be chief."
-Jack

8."The head is for the beast, it's a gift."
-Jack

9."I'd like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning."
-Ralph

10. "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill."
-Lord of the Flies

11. "You knew didn't you? I'm part of you?"
-Lord of the flies

Chapter 9


1.What was the "cannon" that continued to play" throughout chapter 9?
-Thunder

2.Who sat, like an idol, painted and garlanded, in the corner of the lawn?
-Jack

3.During the party, evening had come, not with calm beauty, but with the
-Threat of Violence

4.At the party, who acted like the pig?
-Roger

5.What happened to the parachutist?
-He blew over into the ocean.

6.Who was killed because the boys thought he was the beast?
-Simon

7. What happened to the body on the beach?
-It was washed out to sea .

8.Who said it?"Do your dance! Come on! Dance!"
-Jack

9."Let them go. I don't care."
-Ralph

10."P'raps we ought to go too...I mean to make sure nothing happens"
-Piggy

Lord of the Flies Chapter 5,6&7 DQ's

Chapter 5

1. What is "Taken short?"
-To go to the bathroom.

2. What does Ralph think they ought to do before they let the fire go out?
-Die.

3. Who scared the littlun by walking around in the jungle at night?
-Simon.

Who are the two littluns who hold the conch and speak about the beast attheassembly?
4.Percivle.
5.Phil

6.Who said it?"The thing is, we need an assembly."
-Ralph

7. "Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!"
-Jack

8. "Life....is scientific, that's what it is."
-Piggy

9. "What I mean is... maybe it's only us."
-Simon

10. "What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?"
-Piggy

Chapter 6-7

1.What was the "sign that came down from the world of the grown-ups?"
-A parachute figure.

2.Who saw the "beast" on top of the mountain?
-Samneric

3.What did the boys want to do instead of going to the other side of theisland to checkthe fire?
-They wanted to go to the beach.

4Who Said It? "I don't believe in the beast."
-Simon.

5."We want smoke. And you go wasting your time. You roll rocks."
-Roger.

6.Who hit the boar with his spear?
-Ralph.

7.Who got hurt playing the role of the pig?
Roger.

8.Who went throught the forest alone to tell Piggy that the group huntingthebeastwouldn't be back until after dark?
-Simon.

Who climbed the mountain to look for the beast?
9.Ralph.
10.Jack.
11.Roger.

Lord of the Files Vocab 5

41.Parody(Mimic)-A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece or writting. -spoof.
-they made a parody video making fun of Indiana Jones

42.Parried(Shun)-To ward off; avert. -to avoid something.
-the kids parried because the didn't want to get in trouble for what they had done.

43.Pinnacles(Steeple)-A loftly peak. -a poiinted part of a formation.
-the pinnacle of the mountain was enormous.

44.Ruefully(Sorrowful)-Causing sorrow or pity. -feeling sorry.
-sam was rueful after his dad had died of a heart attack.

45.Tacitly(Unspoken)-Silent; saying nothing. -someone who is wordless.
-Timmy sits pacitly in his chair all period.

46.Vexed(Angery)-Irritated;annoyed. -someone who is offended.
-i get very vexed in Mr. infante's class because everone is so freakin annoying.

47.Vicissitudes(Alternation)-A change or variation occuring in the course of something. -something that is changeable.
-.there was a vecissitube in time and space.

48.Vivid(Lucid)-Strikingly bright or intense. -something that is strong and distinct.
-the effects of the camera made everything look very vivid

49.Vunurable(Weak)-Capable of being attacked or damaged. -someone that can be hurt easily.
-most young girls are vulnurable to rape.

50.Trunculently(Abusive)-Fierce; cruel; savagely brutal. -someone who is aggressive.
-the savages trunculently killed the beast for its meat.