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Shakespeare in Love

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The balcony scene : the Globe

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Impossible matches: intro Shakespeare

  The theatre in Shakespeare’s time  Authors wrote plays for the masses, especially those who couldn’t ___________ The theatre changed a lot during Shakespeare’s lifetime. The authorities didn’t like it and didn’t allow acting in the city itself. They thought it had a bad _______________ on people and kept them from going to church.__________________, on the other hand, loved acting and helped the theatre become popular. Shakespeare’s theatre was full of life. People did not sit all the time and it was not quiet during the _____________________________. The _________________ could walk around, eat and drink during the play. They cheered, _____________and sometimes even threw objects at the actors. Theatres were open arenas or playhouses that had room for up to three thousand people. They were structures made mainly of _______________. There was no heating and actors got wet when it rained. The stage was higher and there was an open __________ in front of it where most of the p...

gram: relative pronouns

  Relative clauses A)   Different clauses “The playwright who was a dandy came from Ireland.” → Where is the relative clause ?  What is its antecedent?      → Compare with: “The playwright , who was a dandy , came from Ireland”. Which difference(s) do you notice? B)   Different pronouns 1)    Subject or object ? 1.   He is the novelist who wrote the story ______ 2.    The girl whom he killed might be his sister.______ 3.    The language Ø   they spoke was difficult.___ 4.    The story which I read was on the blog.____ 2)    which antecedent ? → Complete with : who, whom, which, that ,  ⃠ a)      If the pronouns are subjects : human antecedent Ex: the man ________   was looking for information was young. EX...

special report: Wilde and the law

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Gwen and Jack

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  QUESTIONS Watch the scene. Then answer the following questions : a)Why does Jack say he will be christened again? b)Why is this proposal funny and completely different from "traditional" ones? c)Why does Lady Bracknell embody the Victorian society?

The Remains of the Day

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gram: a/an/the/ø