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Tragedy

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A play with tragic events and having an unhappy ending for the main character.

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Tragic Protagonist

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A hero like protagonist in a tragedy who will be defeated and will suffer.

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Antagonist

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Someone who opposes or is hostile to someone or something. e.g Capulet and Montague.

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Extended Metaphor

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A version of a metaphor that extends over the couse of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.

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Soliloquy

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When a character is saying their thoughts aloud without the other characters hearing.

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Aside

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A speech or sentence to the audience without the other characters hearing.

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Hubris

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Being very prideful and self-confident.

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Hamartia

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A fatal flaw which will lead to the downfall of a tragic hero.

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Catharsis

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The process of releasing, providing relief from strong emotions.

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Dramatic irony

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By saying something the opposite to something very clear for humorous effects.

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Monologue

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A long speech by one actor in a play.

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Unrequited Love

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When someone loves someone but the other person doesn’t have the same feelings for them.

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Courtly Love

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When two people love eachother but the love is forbidden. e.g Romeo and Juliet.

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Volatile

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When something changes rapidly and unpredictably for the worse.

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Emotional

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Have feelings that are easily excited.

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Impetuous

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Doing something quickly without any thought.

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Machismo

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Strong or aggressive masculine pride.

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Antithesis

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A person who is the opposite of someone else.

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Reputation

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The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.

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Mercurial

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Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

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Patriarchy

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A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

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Anarchic

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Unruly and chaotic

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Impulsive

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Someone who acts on a whim, without thinking.

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Tempestuous

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Someone who is unpredictable and has many conflicting emotions.

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Liberal

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Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one’s own; open to new ideas.

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Social class

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A group of people within a society who pssess the same socioeconomic status.

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Contemporary

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Living or occurring at the same time.

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Quixotic

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Extremely idealistic: unrealistic and impractical.

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Melancholic

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A feeling of sadness typically with no obvious cause.

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Masculinity

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Qualities or attributes regarded as characteristics of men.

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Challenging conventions

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Going against what is perceived as the norm.

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Ingenuous

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Innocent and unsuspecting

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Iambic pentameter

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A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable

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Sonnet

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A sonnet is a short poem of 14 lines.

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Shared lines

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A split between two or more speakers

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Rhyming couplets

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A rhyming pair of successive lines of verse

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Protagonist

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The leading or major character in a play or film

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Prose

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Written or spoken language in its ordinary form

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Verse

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Writing with a metrical rhythm usually having a rhyme.

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Fate

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Something destined to happen

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Free will

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Being able to make decisions freely

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Honour

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Ragarded with great respect

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Society

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A group of people living together in a community

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Patriarchy

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A system of where the oldest man is head of the family and goes through the male line.

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Primogeniture

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The state of being the first son

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Feud

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A prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute

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