Agenda

Preview Midterm
Quiz and Plot/Sentence Questions
Types of Literary Interest and Analysis for Shakespeare Studies
Character and Plot

Midterm

5 quiz-like questions @ 1pt each = 5 points
5 literary terms/concepts: define and apply @ 5 pts each = 25 points
2 close paraphrases of passages into contemporary English @ 10 pts each = 20 points
1 brief essay in response to your choice of 1 of 2 prompts @ 10 pts = 10 points
Total points = 60

Notes:
Performance terms will not be on the midterm
See the blog post Literary Terms and Concepts for a list of other terms and concepts that are fair game.
See 2-20-13 blog post under the heading “After Class” for examples of “close paraphrase.

Quiz

1.  For what is Bardolf executed?

2.  When the king goes among his soldiers, how come they don’t recognize him?

3.  Name something the king and his soldiers, who don’t know he’s king, argue about.

4. Before the battle begins, how, in a word or two, would you describe the attitude of the French?

5.  Which side wins the battle of Agincourt (the battle in act 4)?

Bonus: what is “the fig”?

Types of Literary Interest and Analysis for Shakespeare Studies

1.  Character and Plot (elements of Narrative)

2. History and Politics (Cultural Criticism)

3. Language

4. Performance

5.  Literary History (Genre Study, Source and Influence Studies)

Character and Plot in Henry V

Henry’s Character:

Chorus 4.28-40
4.1.227-45; 264-282

Compared to French nobles:

4.2.15-34
3.7.31-44

Connection of character to plot:

3.5.53-64