Terms for Review Flashcards
Plot
A carefully selected series of events that are artfully arranged and the relationships between them. ALSO, It is an abstraction of events and life
Shakespearian/English Sonnet
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Petrarchan Sonnet
ABBA ABBA CDCDCD OR
ABBA ABBA CDECDE
Symbol
A Physical thing that has an abstract meaning
Verbal Irony
Sarcasm
Irony
Discrepancy
Dramatic Irony
Character doesn’t know something that the reader does
Tragic Irony
Character intends good to come of their action, but bad comes of it
Point of View/Structural Irony
The narrator is Naive
Character
Abstraction of a person/being
Soliloquy
When a character in a play is alone on stage and talks out their feelings to the audience.
Aside
When a character in a play talks to the audience alone while other characters are in the scene
3 elements of Tragedy
Noble Protagonist, come to ruin by hamartia, Pity + Fear
Hamartia
Aristotle says tragic flaw, it’s like missing a target in archery
Goossen says it’s more like a misjudgement
Low Comedy
Physical and slapstick humour