Hamlets Act 1 & 2 Test Flashcards
What is Nemesis
Justice when an evil act brings about its own punishment
What is a paradox
- Used to attract readers attention
- statement that is contradictory or absurd, but well-founded and true
What is a Soliloquy
- Speech given by character when the speaker is alone
- used to inform audience of the action in the play
What is Pathetic Fallacy
When the nature mirrors the political condition of society
What is Pathos
Situation that creates pity from the audience
3 this about a Tragic Hero
- Good man with a weakness
- Forced/pressured by external forces and because of their flaw they make the wrong decision
- Leads themselves to their own death or downfall
What is Hamartia
The Greek term for “flaw” is the quality of tragic hero that leads to their downfall
2 examples of Hamartia
- Hamlets procrastination
2. Macbeth’s obsession with power
4 Points to a Shakespearean Tragedy
- Recounts a series of events of a character like the Tragic Hero
- Tragedy strikes the tragic hero when everything is going well for him
- Tragic hero will usually die at the end of the play
- Suppose to arouse emotions, pity, and fear of the audience
6 steps in plot structure
- Exposition
- Inciting Force
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Catastrophe
Exposition in 2 points
- describes mood of beginning of play
- introduces key characters, settings, plot concepts
Inciting Force in 2 points
- incident that introduces conflict and starts rising action
- the action of protagonist/tragic hero is motivated by external/internal conflicts
What is dramatic irony
When the reader knows a secret, but the characters in a play do not
What 3 things you should look for to analyze a quote
- What is revealed about the characters personality
- Anything that relates to a theme of the play
- Literary devices such as; metaphors, simile, imagery, foreshadowing
What not to do when analyzing a quote
DONT SUMMARIZE IT
