Words Flashcards
Tragic protagonists
A tragic hero
Antagonist
A person who is hostile
Extended metaphor
A version of metaphor that extends over the course of many lines
Soliloquy
A monologue that is adressed to ones self
Aside
A passage in aplay that is only for the audience to hear and the other characters cant here
Hubris
Excessive pride and confidence
Dramatic irony
Occurs when the audience knows something the character doesnt
Monologue
A single character says a long speech
Unrequited love
Love that is unreturned like romeo and rosaline
Volatile
Can change quickly into something for the worse
Antithesis
The direct opposite of someone else or something, benvolio and tybalt are antithesis
Iambic pentameter
The rythm of a line
Sonnet
A fourteen line poem using iambic pentameter
Shared lines
Were two or more characters share a line using iambic verses
Rhyming couplet
Where two succesive lines rhyme
Protagonist
The main character in a story who affects what happens
Prose
The ordinary people use in speaking and writing
Verse
Writing arranged with a metrical rythm
Fate
The development of life out of a persons control
Free will
The ability to choose amd do what you want
Honour
Regard with great respect
Society
The amount of people living together in a community
Patriarchy
Men control most of everything and have more power over women
Primogeniture
Being the first born child
Feud
A prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute
Reputation
The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something
Anarchic
Unruly and choatic
Liberal
Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from ones own; open to new ideas
Impulsive
Someone who acts on a whim without thinking
Mercurial
Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind
Social class
Social class, also called class, a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status
Contemporary
Living or occurring at the same time
Tempestuous
Someone who is unpredictable and has many conflicting emotions
Quixotic
Extremely idealistic unrealist and impractical
Challenging conventions
Going against what is perceived as the norm
Ingenuous
Innocent and unsuspected
Melancholic
A feeling of sadness, typically with no cause
Masculinity
Qualities or attributes regarded as charecteristic of men
Impetuous
Acting auickly or carelessly
