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Someone who is nobly born in who may have a great influence in their society. Has one or more fatal character flaw that leads to his or her own downfall

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Tragic hero

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A humerus seen, incident, or speech that reveals the overall emotional intensity. Helps the audience absorb the previous plot events and prepare for upcoming events

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Comic relief

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Character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work

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Foil

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Devices that theater audiences except as a realistic even though they don’t reflect reality

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Dramatic conventions

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A speech a character gives when he or she is alone on stage to reveal the characters thoughts

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Soliloquy

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Hey characters thoughts exposed to the audience without other characters knowing

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Aside

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A form of poetry that uses unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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Drama that ends in catastrophe for the main character

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Tragedy

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