Zhzms, Flashcards
What is machismo?
strong or aggressive masculine pride. E.g Tybalt
What is antithesist?
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. E.g Tybalt, Benvolio
What is iambic pentameter?
Iambic pentameter is a rhythm structure, used most commonly in poetry, that combines unstressed syllables and stressed syllables in groups of five. E.g the prologue
What is a sonnet
A fourteen-line poem e.g the prologue
What is shared lines?
Whem two or more characters share a line of iambic verse between them
What is prose?
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form
What is verse?
Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme
What is fate?
The development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.
What is free will?
The power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one’s own discretion.
What is honour?
High respect or great esteem
What is a society?
People living together in a more or less ordered community.
What is a patriarchy?
A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line
What is a primogeniture?
The firstborn child
What is a feud?
Quarrel or dispute
What is impetuous?
Acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
What is emotional?
Relating to a person’s emotions.
What is volatile?
Something that can change rapidly or unexpectedly. E.g Romeo loving Rosalind then Juliet
What is courtly love?
Love between a knight and a married noblewoman
What is a Greek tragedy
a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
The play of Romeo and Juilet is a very Tragic
What is tragic protagonists
A tragic protagonists is the main character of a tradegy.
Romeo and Juilet are the tragic protagonists
What is an antagonist?
a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
Tybalt is the antagonist
What is an extended metaphor
An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.
What is a soliloquy?
an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
Romeo has a soliloquy and only main people often have a soliloquy.
What is an aside?
a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.
It is when you are speaking to someone close to you but the other people in the set can’t hear it and the audience can.
What is hubris?
excessive pride or self-confidence
For instance tybalt is a character whith excessive pride and self confidence so he has hubris
What is hamartia?
a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
Romeo’s hamartia is being the son of the enemy family to Juilet
What is catharsis?
the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
Romeo had Catharsis when in the search for Juilet
What is dramatic irony?
the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is a monologue?
a long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme
Prince Escalus gave a monolgue to Capulets and Montague.
What is unrequited love?
When you love someone but they don’t love you back
What is a rhyming couplet?
a rhyming pair of successive lines of verse, typically of the same length.
What is a protagonist?
The leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel ect.
Quixotic
Extremely idealistic: unrealistic and impractical
Melancholic
A feeling of sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
Ingenuous
Innocent or unsuspecting
