Vocab Flashcards
Two faced
Duplicitous
Goneril and Regan praise Lear in a very hyperbolic way, how do they come accross
sycophantic
Goneril and Regan are very…
insincere
Dishonest and deceitful …
Disingenuous
short sighted
myopic
A verb which describes what edmund is attempting to do to both his brother and father
Usurp
Word to describe Lear at the start of the play I.E vain, arrogant…
Narcisistic
A verb which describes what Edmund does to Edgar, destroying his reputation
Discredit
A word to describe the fools language
obscure
oblique
A word describing the way both Lear and Gloucester feel hard done by due to the way their children have mistreated them
aggrieved
Lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter (5 stressed syllables per line). In Shakespeare plays this is generally used for higher status/ noble characters
Blank verse
The opposite of the above. This term describes lines of text which have no syllable pattern to them. Generally used by lower-status characters or to create a disjointed, tense mood,
Prose
A symbol that is repeated throughout a text
motif
A fatal flaw in a character i.e a weakness in their personality which leads to their downfall
Hamartia
A long speech delivered by a character who is alone on stage. This is used in order for a character to share their thoughts with the audience
soliloquy
the literary term for Villian or badie
antagonist
When a character delivers a long speech, but unlike the technique mentioned above they are not alone on stage- they are talking to other characters
monologue
When a character’s words gradually build up in intensity
auxesis
when a character does the majority of the talking in a scene; they dominate the conversation
holding the floor
Consecutive single lines of a play; often used to create a fast pace and build tension
stichomythia
is often used as a means to show characters in vigorous contention or to heighten the emotional intensity of a scene.
when two characters’ lines add up to one line of iambic pentameter
line sharing
when the audience knows something that a character doesn’t
dramatic irony
when a character has a moment of revelation/ epiphany: they suddenly discover other characters true identity or the true nature of their own circumstances
anagnorisis
when a writer uses one thing to represent another thing
symbolism
when a character abruptly shifts from one subject to another
topic shift
the way in which a character’s position on stage reveals their status
proxemic levels
a reference to something that the audience would be familiar with
allusion
the words a character’s line is similar in structure to another character’s line- it slightly echoes it
parallelism
