Words Flashcards

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Greek tradegy

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Usually where the protagonist or person of importance falls to disaster due to failing or tricky circumstances which they cannot control.

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Tragic protagonist

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They are the protagonist or character of importance of drama and tradegy,they usually meet defeat or end with suffering and pain.

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Antagonist

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The main villian or negative character that is usually aggresive and puts harm upon others.

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Soliloquy

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The act of speaking your feelings or inner thoughts out loud

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Extended metaphor

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Aa version of a metaphor that carries on over the course of multiple lines,paragraphes,stanzas e.x.t.

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Aside

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When an actor in role breaks away from an ongiong conversation to talk to themselves or to the watching audience.

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Hubris

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Alot or excessive pride or confidence.

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Hamartia

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A massive mistake that results in the downfall of a tragic hero .

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Catharsis

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The purification and exclamation of emotions through dramatic art,it could be a serious emotional state.

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Dramatic irony

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Dramatic irony mostly occurs when the audience know something that the characters dont .For example in titanic “its so beautiful i could just die”.

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Monologue

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Usually an extended speach by one singular person.

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Unrequited love

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When one person ask for unconditional love and thinks it is needed and the other person doesnt think the same way.

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Courtly love

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A medieval tradition of love between a knight and a married noblewomen.

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Volatile

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Likely to change suddenly and unexpectadly,or a sudden change to anger.Example,the policeman handled the volatile situation well.

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Emotional

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That act of expressing strong,exxagerated or reactive feelings.

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Impetuous

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Marked by impulsive passion or force and violence of movement.An impetuous wind.

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Machismo

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A strong representation or sense of masculine pride and passion.

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Anithesis

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Rhetorical contrast between certain ideas.keep your mouth closed and your eyes open,speech is silver,silence is gold.

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Iambic pentameter

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Iambic pentameter is a simple rhythm thats pleasingbto the ear.DA DUM DA DUM DA DUM.

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Sonnet

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Traditionally,it is a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter.usually five foot iambics.

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Shared lines

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When two or more characters share a line of iambic verse between them.

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Rhyming couplets

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Two lines of usually the same length that rhyme and complete one thought.

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Protagonist

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The main character or character of importance that drives the action.

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Prose

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Prose is made up of sentences and paragraphs without and metric or rhymic structure.

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Verse
When all lines of a play follow a specific pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
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Fate
The determined principle cause by which things in general are belived to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do.
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Reputation
The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.
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Anarchic
Unruly and chaotic.
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Liberal
Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
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Mercurial
Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
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Impulsive
Someone who acts on a whim, without thinking.
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Social class
Social class, also called class, a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status.
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Patriarchy
A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
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Tempestuous
Someone who is unpredictable and has many conflicting emotions.
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Contemporary
Living or occurring at the same time.
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Quixotic
Extremely idealistic: unrealistic and impractical.
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Challenging conventions
Going against what is perceived as the norm.
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Melancholic
A feeling of sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
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Ingenuous
Of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting.
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Masculinity
Qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of men.