A Flashcards
What is a Greek Tragedy?
a dramatic play that often has a tragic or unhappy ending e.g Romeo and Juliet
What are Tragic protagonists?
the main character or one of the major characters in a Greek tragedy e.g Romeo and Juliet
What is an antagonist?
a character in a play that is the main enemy of/opposes the protagonist e.g Tybalt
What is an extended metaphor?
when a metaphor is sustained for longer than a single word or phrase e.g ‘But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun’
What is a soliloquy?
a monologue addressed to oneself outloud to the audience with other actors on stage but they cannot hear it e.g Romeo’s soliloquy when he first saw Juliet
What is an aside?
When two or more characters speak on stage that is intended for the audience to hear but not other characters on stage outside of this specific group
What is hubris?
excessive pride or self-confidence e.g Tybalt has a very big ego in the play
What is an hamartia?
a fatal flaw in which every hero/protaganist has e.g love for Romeo and Juliet
What is catharsis?
the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions
What is dramatic irony?
When the full significance of a characters words/actions is clear to the audience but unkown to the character e.g a serving man tells Romeo about the big party, not knowing that he is a Montague
What is a monologue?
a long speech by one actor in a play/film
What is unrequited love?
one-sided love that is not ‘returned’ by the loved one e.g Romeo’s love for Rosaline
What is courtly love?
idealizing love between a knight and a revered (usually married) lady e.g Romeo’s love for Juliet
What is does Volatile mean?
lightly to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
What does emotional mean?
arousing or characterized by intense feeling e.g Romeo is very emotional when he finds Juliet dead
What does impetuous mean?
acting or done quickly and without thought or care e.g Juliet makes the impetuous desision to marry Romeo
What is machismo?
strong or aggressive masculine pride e.g Tybalt expresses alot of machismo
What is antithesis?
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else e.g motague to Capulet
What is an iambic pentameter?
Iambic pentameter is a type of metric line used in traditional English poetry and verse drama. The term describes the rhythm, or meter, established by the words in that line; rhythm is measured in small groups of syllables called “feet”
What is a sonnet?
a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes
What are shared lines?
when two or more characters share a line of iambic verse
What are rhyming couplets?
a rhyming pair of successive lines of verse, typically of the same length
What is a protagonist?
The hero or one of the major characters of aplay, film, novel and more
What is a prose?
written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
What is a verse?
a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song; a stanza
What is Fate?
the course of someone’s life, or the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control.
What is Free Will?
the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate, the ability to act at one’s own discretion.
What is Honour?
High respect/great esteem
What is Society?
the community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations
What is the Patriarchy?
a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it
What is Primogeniture?
The firstborn child
What is a Feud?
a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute
