<p>Shakespeare/A Midsummer Night’s Dream Name______Background/Notes Date______Per._____ Literature Book pgs. 1186-1194</p><p>1. Write the dates of Shakespeare's birth and death. ______</p><p>2. In what town and country was Shakespeare born? ______</p><p>3. Name the monarchs who reigned in Shakespeare's country during his lifetime.</p><p>______</p><p>4. Who was Shakespeare's wife? (HINT: Mrs. Shakespeare is not acceptable) ______</p><p>5. With what theater was Shakespeare most intimately connected? (HINT: It was rebuilt in the late 1990's on the River Thames) ______</p><p>6. Approximately how many people could the original seat? ______</p><p>7. What/Who is a "groundling"? ______</p><p>______</p><p>8. Explain how the seating worked. Who sat where? ______</p><p>______</p><p>9. What was the name of Shakespeare's acting company? ______</p><p>10. Identify and explain the section, “Shakespeare’s Legacy.” ______</p><p>______</p><p>11. In what verse form did Shakespeare write his plays, and explain just how this verse works. </p><p>______</p><p>Define #11. ______</p><p>12. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, who speaks in verse and who speaks in prose? Why the distinction? ______</p><p>______</p><p>12. Label the literary plot triangle. 3.</p><p>2. 4.</p><p>1. 5. Define the following terms: allusion antagonist aside comic relief dramatic irony epilogue fantasy foreshadow illusion imagery irony metaphor motif paradox parallel parody pathetic fallacy personification play within a play protagonist pun simile soliloquy verse drama </p><p>Introduction: </p><p>*Comic Threat: Within Shakespearean comedy, the play opens paradoxically with a threat to order, happiness, or even life. Theseus’ decision to allow Hermia four days to obey her father and marry Demetrius or else be relegated to a convent poses a serious threat and hints at the time structure of the play, which will culminate on Theseus’ wedding. </p>