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1
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Define Adage

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An old saying or proverb

‘Look before you leap’

2
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What is an allusion

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Indirect reference to an event, person. thing, place, or quality

3
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Aside in Macbeth means the character is talking to the _________

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Audience. Is not heard by the other characters

4
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Assonance

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Repetition of a vowel in a phrase

5
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Comic relif

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Scene in a serious play that relieves tensions

6
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Dramatic irony

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When the audience knows something the characters do not

7
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Pathos

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Element or quality in literacy which aroses sympathy and compassion in the reader or audience

8
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Soliloquy

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A speech made by a character that reveals his/her inner thoughts

9
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What are the 5 elements in a Shakespearean tragedy

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  1. Story of one bold hero (Protagonist)
  2. Story tells of the heros troubled parts of his life that leads up to his death
  3. It tells of suffering, which is in contrasts to the characters glory and happiness
  4. The hero is a great character, but has one flaw that causes him to ruin
  5. The hero dies at a significant moment
10
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ELEMENTS OF SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY:

Exposition

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Describes the mood and conditions in existence at the outset of the action (Setting)

11
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ELEMENTS OF SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY:

Exciting force

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The initial accident, where it shows the action that will cause conflict to occur throughout the rest of the play

12
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Catharsis

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Tragedy

13
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Hamartia

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Tragic flaw in the hero that causes his/her downfall

14
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Hubris

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Arrogance caused by being too happy

15
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Pathetic fallacy

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The connection between what man is feeling, and the weather