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Shakespeare's Language and the Elizabethan Stage — Homework

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Shakespeare's Language and the Elizabethan Stage — Homework

Review this week's notes on blank verse and the historical background before answering.

  1. 1.Define blank verse.
  2. 2.Why did Shakespeare's original productions rely so heavily on language to establish setting?
  3. 3.Summarize in two or three sentences the real historical situation Julius Caesar dramatizes.
  4. 4.In four or more sentences, explain why knowing Shakespeare's audience already knew Caesar's fate changes how you might read the play's early scenes.
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