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Shakespeare’s Meter

Shakespeare’s Meter. Meter:. A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. Scansion:. The analysis of verse in terms of meter. Meter is measured in units called feet. Iamb:. A standard poetic foot Contains one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed.

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Shakespeare’s Meter

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  1. Shakespeare’s Meter Meter: A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

  2. Scansion: The analysis of verse in terms of meter. Meter is measured in units called feet. Iamb: A standard poetic foot Contains one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed report

  3. Iambic Pentameter: A five foot metrical line of weak followed by strong syllables. weakSTRONGweakSTRONGweakSTRONGweakSTRONGweakSTRONG I AM I AM I AM I AM I AM I AM Blank Verse: Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

  4. I am a pirate with a wooden leg I AM a PI rate WITH a WOOD en LEG I’m hungry. Is it almost time for lunch? For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo

  5. Reading Shakespeare is Hard Because… • Unusual Word Arrangements • I ate the sandwich • I the sandwich ate • Ate the sandwich I • Ate I the sandwich • The sandwich I ate • The sandwich ate I

  6. Omissions • “Been to class yet?” • “No. Heard Bennett’s givin’ a test.” • “Wha’sup wi’dat?” • “Have you been to class yet?” • “No, I have not been to class. I heard that Mrs. Bennett is giving a test today.” • “What is up with that?” it is~’tis open~ope over~o’er give~gi’ never~ne’er ever~e’er often~oft even~e’en

  7. Unusual Words • Archaic Words • commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage • New Meanings • Invented Eyeball Moonbeam Cold-blooded Never-ending Bloodsucking Olympian Puke Shipwrecked It’s Greek to me Vanished into thin air Tongue-tied Hoodwinked

  8. Shakespeare’s World Four Humors Order of the Universe Imagery

  9. The Four Humors

  10. The Order of the Universe

  11. The Correspondences • The Angels God • The Universe Sun • Society King • The Family Husband • The Human Body Head • The Animal Kingdom Lion • The Birds Eagle • The Plant Kingdom Oak • Metals Gold

  12. Structure of Plays • 5 Acts with crisis in middle • Question of Order • Exposition • Crisis • Denouement • Marriage in comedies • Death in tragedies • Act III – Failed Feast • Act V – Successful Feast

  13. Imagery • Words that create pictures in the reader’s mind • Common images • Links to themes of play

  14. Imagery in The Taming of the Shrew • Hunting • Books/education • Animals/birds • War • Betting/wagers • Water • Food

  15. contrast with fluid associated with water dark, dirty water simile alliteration contrast with water water words A woman moved is like a fountain troubled Muddy, ill seeming, thick, bereft of beauty And where it is so, none so dry and thirsty Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it

  16. Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,Thy head, thy sovereign . . .Such duty as the subject owes the prince,Even such a woman oweth to her husband,And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour,And not obedient to his honest will,What is she but a foul contending rebelAnd graceless traitor to her loving lord?I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace,Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway,When they are bound to serve, love, and obey.(5.2.148-66)

  17. A Good Ruler • Obeys Natural Order • Height • Gardener • Time Keeper • Physician • Generations

  18. Macbeth • Written most likely in 1606 by William Shakespeare • 1603 – New King – James I (James VI of Scotland) • Holinshed’s Chronicles - history of Scotland • Slaughter of entire armies and innocent families • Assassination of kings • Ambush of nobles by murders • Brutal executions of rebels • Stories of witches and wizards

  19. Shakespeare and King James I of England • Macbeth was written early in James I reign. James I was king after Elizabeth I. • King James was a patron of Shakespeare’s theatre. • Shakespeare’s company becomes King’s Men • In focusing on Macbeth, a figure from Scottish history, Shakespeare paid homage to his king’s Scottish lineage. James was King of Scotland for 58 years and concurrently King of England for 22 years. • Additionally, Banquo is promised a line of kings, a clear nod to James’s family’s claim to have descended from the historical Banquo.

  20. Characters in Macbeth real historical figures • King Duncan, the reigning King at beginning of play (killed in battle) • Macbeth (1005-1057) was elected King of Scotland in place of Malcolm (Duncan’s son) who was only 14. • Battle of Dunsinane and the encampment in Birnam Wood were real events. • Macbeth died at the battle of Lumphanan and was killed by Malcolm.

  21. Feudal System

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