LITERARY ANALYSIS WORKSH OP COPY MASTER Note Taking SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY Fill in the blanks to make complete sentences that will help you remember key terms and concepts relating to Shakespearean tragedy. Refer to pages 320-325 in the McDougal Littell literature book. 1. This is the main difference between a comedy and a tragedy: Comedy: The play may or may not include humor, but it does have Tragedy: The main character, or , of the play comes to an unhappy end.

Which of the following statements is the best example of snobbery in the doll house

What does the author see as the main cause for why students don’t really see shakespeare as a real, flawed human being? we shouldn’t shy away from discussing our literary heroes’ flaws. if nothing else, the knowledge of their failures us appreciate what success and greatness these authors did achieve. often our hero-worship keeps us from truly seeing the complexity of a great author. thus, i would argue, nothing would be better for high school students than to take shakespeare down a peg or two. a) the fact that students never learn enough about shakespeares biography b) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s comedies while in school c) the fact that students are never assigned to read any shakespeare while in high school d) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s greatest works in school and thus never see his weaknesses

Discuss ways in which these authors differ in style. refer to specific details from each story to support your points.