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First Day Periodical Test
First Day Periodical Test
CHARACTERS
SHYLOCK JESSICA
- jewish moneylender - shylocks daughter
ANTONIO LORENZO
- merchant, his friend bassanio - friend of bassanio, inlove w shylocks daughter
PORTIA GRATIANO
- wealthy heires from belmont - bassanio friend, garrulous young man
- force to marry whoever suitor
NERRISA
BASSANIO - portias lady in waiting, marries gratiano
- gentlemen of venice, dear friend of antonio
SETTING
VENICE ITALY BELMONT ITALY
- language of money - poetic language
- male friendship - love/marriage bond
- justice/letter of law - mercy/spirit of law
MAJOR THEMES
1. PREJUDICE AND INTOLERANCE - fundamental part of social bonds
2. LAW,MERCY AND REVENGE - shylock attempt to revenge himself
3. GREED VS GENEROSITY - primary grievance atonio has
GENRE
SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDY - conflict at the heart of merchant
POINT OF VIEW
- shakespear use location and gender to frame pov
TONE
- despair and celebration
- seriousness and playfulness
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
PLOT
- whole story line
- initial incident, preliminary event, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement
THEME DIALOGUE
- conceptualizing a play - lines written by the playwright
- central idea of play MUSIC OR RHYTHM
- always relatable human experience - in modern theathre, musical scoring
CHARACTERS - in erliest form - harmony of voices
- makes play come to life SPECTACLE
- moves story forward - total visual experience
- portrays the role - overall visual representation
GENRES OF DRAMA
TRAGEDY MELODRAMA
- serious content - to play pepoles emotion
- downfall of protagonist - overly dramatic manner
-struggles of character TRAGICOMEDY
COMEDY - combine tragedy and comedy
- energetic feelings - exaggeration in the portrayal
- satirical tone
REVIEWER IN TLE
TYPES OF SANDWICHES
COLD SANDWICHES
1. OPEN FACED SANDWICHES - kind of bread with feeling on top
2. REGULAR SANDWICHES - plain sandwich
3. PINWHEEL SANDWICHES - made with bread cuts
4. TEA SANDWICHES - made from light and delicate ingredients
5. MULTI-DECKER SANDWICHES - made from more than 2 slice of bread
6. WRAP/ROLLERD SANDWICHES - fillings are wrapped like mexican burrito
HOT SANDWICHES
1. REGULAR HOT SANDWICHES - consist of hot fillings
2. HOT OPENED FACED SANDWICH - made by placing buttered
3. GRILLED SANDWICH - also called toasted sandwich, buttered on the outside
4. DEEP FRIED SANDWICHES - made by dipping sandwiches
5. FILLED ROLLS, FOCCACIA OR PITA BREAD - flavored bread