Hamlet vocabulary Flashcards
Blank verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Prose
Everyday language, ordinary speech
Dramatic Irony
When the audience knows something the characters do not know
Verbal Irony
A speaker says the opposite of what he or she means
Metaphor
Comparison of two unlike things
Double entendre
A statement that often has more than one interpretation
Conflict
(Internal & external) conflict occurs when the protagonist is opposed by some person, force, or personal issue in the play
Symbolism
Something that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that in addition to its literal meanings as well
Foreshadowing
Hint or suggestion of a coming event
Allusion
A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in a literary work
Foil
A character in a work of literature whose qualities contrast strongly with, and therefore highlight, the corresponding qualities of another character
Motif
A recurring image in a literary work
Theme
What the story is about, and plot: the situation that brings it into focus
Motif
A recurring theme or verbal pattern in a single text or a number of different texts
Motifs in Hamlet?
Ears and hearing
Disease , decay
Actors and the theater
