Final exam Flashcards
(22 cards)
Soliloquy
A characters inner thoughts spoken aloud when they are alone on stage.
Aside
A small comment made that is addressed to no one in particular but can be heard by the audience.
Homophone
Words that sound the same but have different meanings (their, there, they’re or bear and bare)
Bildungsroman
Coming of age story
Stage directions
Something in the script that indicates where an actor should go, an actors tone/delivery, stage lighting/effects, etc.
Roller towel
Refers to a dirty roller towel in the play trifles that symbolizes the men’s ignorance and sloppiness, “Sometimes men’s hands aren’t as clean as they should be.”
Susan Glaspell
Author of Trifles
Rocking Chair
Mini Foster’s rocking chair from “Trifles” that she self soothed herself in while being interviewed. Also represents her when she’s not there.
Stitching
Refers to Mini’s messy stitching of a quilt in “Trifles” representing her poor mental health.
Cherry Preserves
Refers to a broken jar of cherry preserves in “Trifles” and an example of the name trifles when the men dismiss it as unimportant while to women feel bad for the wasted effort.
Knot it
Refers to the way Mini is going to finish her quilt stitch and whether she’ll stitch it or knot it. Also serves as a homophone for “not it” as the women show solidarity. Also Alludes to the fact she Knotted the noose around her husbands neck.
Mrs.Peters
The Sheriffs wife in “Trifles” who advocates for Mini even though she is “Married to the law”.
Class Grade for “A beautiful Poison”
B+ due to a slow start and flat side characters but a very strong narrative.
Lucia
Allene’s maid from “A beautiful Poison”. Taking care of her while she was dying from the Spanish flu inspired Allene to go to medical school.
Holly and Hazel
Holly is secretly Birdie’s child and hazel is Birdie’s mother. They act as a driving force of the story as Birdie does everything she does to stop Holly from becoming like Hazel.
Spanish Flu
Overarching stressor in the story that also creates confusion with you wondering who is being poisoned and who is dying naturally.
Ernie Fielding
Initially just a side character and constant annoyance. Eventually though to be the villain for a short period of time before being revealed as a hero. Goes on to marry Allene.
Allene
The main character of “A beautiful Poison” and also a the name of a chemical formula with 3 double bonded Carbons (C=C=C) representing the strong bond of the three main characters.
Wood alcohol
Is what Jasper’s Uncle was forcefully poisoned by.
POV of “A beautiful Poison”
3rd person limited
Arsenic
The poison Birdie used to lace Andrew’s mints, slowly killing him.
Lydia Kang
Author of “A beautiful Poison”
