Language Analysis Hamlet Flashcards
1
Q
Hyperbole
A
A deliberate exxageration
2
Q
Hypophora
A
The same speaker raising and responding to his own question
3
Q
Anaphora
A
Repition of words at the beggining of succesive clauses
I had a dream
I had a dream
I had a dream
4
Q
Mitigated directive
A
Suggestion rather than command
Eg. Maybe you should kill Claudius
5
Q
Lexical ambiguity
A
Two or more possible meanings for a wod
6
Q
Interlude
A
A moment that lowers the dramatic tension
7
Q
Paradox
A
A true statement that appears to contradict itself
8
Q
Anagnoris
A
When a character learns the true nature of the situation eg. Realises their fate
9
Q
Peripeteia
A
A point of change, a moment of no returns
10
Q
Exclamatice
A
Expressive function
11
Q
Assonance
A
Repition of vowels in the middle of the words eg. Wise eyes
12
Q
Hamartia
A
tragicflaw (hamlets indecisiveness)
