a view from the bridge Flashcards

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Hamartia

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A tragic flaw that directly leads to the protagonist’s downfall

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Anagnorisis

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Plot point where a character makes a critical recognition that causes a key realisation

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Peripeteia

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Reversal of fortune, a turning point that subverts the previous circumstances

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3
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JR,K,YCQGBAMDTWSTAWYGA

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Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word you gave away

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Chorus

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An omniscient narrator who ratifies the inevitable nature of the tragedy

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STAPAI,AWIRIBC

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sat there as powerless as I, and watched it (the plot) run its bloody course

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AITTLADTNYO…IGBAPDTICCMO,ADTOFCS

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And it’s tough to love a doll that’s not your own… I’m gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own, A doll that other fellows cannot steal

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(HSG),(HGU,MAU,R),(WIA)

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(his smile goes),(he gets up, moves around uneasily, restlessly,) and (with increasing anxiety)

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(AHITO,PBAE)TO!HKMC!TOSFFMC!

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(as he is taken off, pointing back at Eddie) That one! He killed my children! That one stole food from my children!

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(MGHA,TTBIAPIH)

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(Marco grabs his arm, turning the (Eddie’s) blade inward and pressing it home)

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OBIG?HKYH!

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Only blood is good? He kissed your hand!

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IWMN!HDTMN;HOAP.MGMN

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I want my name! He didn’t take my name; he’s only a punk. Marco’s got my name

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HEWLT

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His eyes were like tunnels

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MOTTNWSFHAILIB.BTTIH,IMH-IAI-WAC…A

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Most of the time now we settle for half and I like it better. But the truth is holy,… I mourn him – I admit it – with a certain… alarm

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12
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AFLB

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a faint, lonely blue

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13
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YWSE,E,AYCNHH

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You want somethin’ else, Eddie, and you can never have her