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Cards (53)

  • Fraternity
    A group of people with similar backgrounds, occupation, interest or taste
  • Kidnapping
    Taking away or forcely moving a person against his/her will and holding him/her in unjust captivity
  • Terrorism
    The use of violence for political goals and putting the public or a great number of people in fear
  • Verbal abuse
    A form of cruelty that involves the use of words
  • Incest
    Sexual contact between persons who are so closely related that a marriage between them is illegal
  • Molestation
    The sexual abuse of a person by an adult for sexual pleasure or for profit
  • Rape
    Forced sexual intercourse including vaginal, anal or oral penetration
  • Medieval theatre (500 C.E – 1400)

    Theatre performances were not allowed throughout Europe, so minstrels performed in markets, public places and festivals
  • Churches in Europe started staging their own theatre performances during Easter Sundays with biblical stories and events
  • Renaissance theatre (1400 – 1600)

    Characterized by a return of classical Greek and Roman arts and culture
  • Morality plays
    Protagonist was met by personifications or moral attributes who try to choose a Godly life over the evil
  • University drama
    Performed to recreate Athenian tragedy
  • Public theatre
    Developed like the commedia dell'arte and the elaborate masques
  • Commedia dell'arte
    Italian comedy and a humorous theatrical presentation performed by professional players who travelled in troops
  • Elaborate masques
    A dramatic entertainment consisting of pantomime, dancing, dialogue, and song, sometimes with players wearing masks
  • Queen Elizabeth I was one of the most prominent supporters of the theatre
  • Gorboduc
    Also known as Ferrex and Porrex, was an English play first performed at the Christmas celebrations in 1561 and performed before Queen Elizabeth I on January 18, 1562 by the Gentlemen of the Inner Temple
  • The authors of Gorboduc were Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville
  • William Shakespeare
    The famous actor and poet who emerged in this period, baptized on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616, regarded as the greatest writer and dramatist in the whole world, often called "England's national poet and the bard of Avon"
  • Four greatest tragedies of Shakespeare
    • Hamlet
    • Othello
    • King Lear
    • Macbeth
  • Christopher Marlowe
    An English playwright, the author of Dr. Faustus and The Jew of Malta
  • Greatest works of Marlowe
    • Dr. Faustus
    • The Jew of Malta
  • Thomas Kyd
    An English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy
  • Greatest works of Kyd
    • The Spanish Tragedy
    • Cornelia
  • Comedies
    Dealt with life in London
  • Comedies
    • The Shoemaker's Holiday by Thomas Dekker
    • A Castle Maid in Cheapside by Thomas Middleton
  • Proscenium
    Renaissance theatre
  • Pierre Corneille
    Often called the father of the French tragedy
  • Major work of Corneille
    The Cid
  • Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (better known as Molière)

    Known for his comedies
  • Jean Racine
    A tragedian beloved for his simple approach to action
  • Badminton
    Originated from the game "poona", 1870's when the Duke of Beaufort held a lawn party in his country place, Badminton, 21 points match
  • Benefits of sports
    • Physical
    • Emotional
    • Social
    • Intellectual
  • Hiking
    Going on an extended walk for the purpose of pleasure and exercise, pleasure includes having close encounter with nature
  • Orienteering
    An outdoor navigational recreational activity using specially drawn and detailed maps, requiring navigational skills, consisting of a series of control points
  • The map
    Picture presentation of the earth's surface, includes compass, cardinal directions are the four base parts of compass, maps have a key or legend to explain the meaning of symbols
  • Orienteering compass
    A magnetized needle floating in liquid and responding to the earth's magnetic field, used to measure bearings and to pinpoint locations
  • A cappella
    One or more singers performing without instrumental accompaniment
  • Cantabile

    Singing style
  • Capo
    Head, beginning