Play terms Flashcards
1
Q
Audience knows something the character doesn’t
A
Dramatic irony
2
Q
long speech given to the audience
A
Soliliquy
3
Q
Short speech directed to the audience
A
Aside
4
Q
A noble with a flaw in a tragedy usually the main character
A
Tragic Hero
5
Q
A character with an opposite personality with the main character
A
Foil
6
Q
Reference to something from everyday life
A
Allusion
7
Q
Humorous scene that relieves tension in a tragedy
A
Comic Relief
8
Q
Go to
A
stop
9
Q
Soft
A
wait
10
Q
Wench
A
women
11
Q
scurvy knave
A
ugly bad man
