Full Length Play William Shakespeare

 a form of storytelling in which actors make  “Bard Of Avon”

the characters come alive through speech  1564 - 1616 (52 y/o)
and action.  poet & playwright
 Types of Full Length Play:  wrote 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets, 37
o Tragedy plays
 shows the downfall/death of a  weak speller
hero  married to Anne Hathaway when he was 18
 emphasizes human greatness and she was 26
o Comedy  had seven siblings and three children
 shows a conflict between
opposite groups
 happy ending Kinds of Sentences according to Purpose
 stresses human weakness
 Script:  Declarative – used to convey information or
o Dialogue make statements.
 lines to be delivered  Interrogative – used to ask questions.
o Stage Directions  Imperative – used to issue orders or
 written in italics directives.
 how a line should be  Exclamatory – used to make exclamations.
delivered / how characters
move
 People: Hamlet
o Casts
 major, minor, and extras  Setting: Denmark
o Crew  Theme: Revenge is not the only way to
 director, scriptwriter, stage & attain justice.
props, technical, makeup &
wardrobe
 Aesthetics: Macbeth
o Props  setting: Scotland, first performed in 1606
 actors use these on stage
 theme: Corrupt Power of Ambition
o Sets
 shortest tragedy
 scenery/backdrop
 late 16th century
 Divisions:
 for King James I
o Acts
o likes witchcraft
 range: 1-5
o easily bored by plays
 large segments
 major
o Scenes
 parts of acts
 regrouping of entrances and
exits
 Tenses of the Verbs  Prepositions of Time:
IN ON AT
 Simple past – verb + ed/d
Parts of days Holidays Holidays
 Simple present – verb + s/es (with (without
 Simple future – will + base “day”) “day)
 Past Perfect - Expresses two actions, in Months Days of the Time
which one happened before the other: week
o 1st verb: had + past participle Years Days of the
o 2nd Verb: verb + d/ed month
 Present Perfect - has/ have + past participle decades dates
 Future Perfect - Expresses two actions, in Centuries
which one will happen before the other: Number of
weeks
o 1st verb: will + have + past participle
seasons
o 2nd verb: verb + s/es
 Past Progressive - Was/were + base + ing
 Preposition of Place:
 Present Progressive - Is/are + base + ing
IN ON AT
 Future Progressive - Will + be + base+ ing Cities Avenues Addresses
 Countries Street Specific
Active and Passive Voices locations
States Large Building
 active – doer + action + receiver vehicles
 passive – receiver + action + doer Continent Events
Small
vehicles
Modals Enclosed
space
 may – permission and probability
 might – suggestion and probability
Romeo and Juliet
 can – ability, request, and permission
 could – ability in the past, unreal, request  setting: City of Verona (Italy)
 will – certainty and habit  theme: Love is a strong force that conquers
 would – request and habit in the past everything
 should – obligation/expectation, advise, and  Quarrel – an angry dispute
request  Nuptial – the social event at which the
 shall – approval, advice, determination, marriage ceremony is performed
promise  Banishment – rejection by means of an act
 must – need/necessity, requirement, guess, of exiling or proscribing someone.
conclusion  Felon – someone who has been legally
convicted of a crime
 Reconcile – to come into terms
Prepositions
 A part of speech that is used to indicate
direction and location/time. It shows
relationship between the nouns, adjectives,
and adverbs in a sentence.
 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 Genre: Comedy (fantasy and romance)
 First Publication: 1600
 Written in London in 1594 – 1595
 Setting: Athens, Greece (enchanted forest)
 Theme: “The course of true love never did
run smooth” – Lysander

A Portrait of the Artist as a Filipino

 Nicomedes Joaquin
o May 1917 – April 2004
o Quijano de Manila (old-timer in
Manila)
o essayist, poet, novelist, playwright,
and biographer
 Setting: Living room of Marasigan’s house
in Intramuros
 Pre-World War II (1941)
 Inspiration for the painting is Trojan War:
Anchises and Aeneas
 Theme: Appreciation of one’s giftedness
and uniqueness.