othello

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Aside

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remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but not the other characters in the play

Question 2

Exeunt

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used as a stage direction in a printed play to indicate that a group of characters leave the stage

Question 3

Soliloquy

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an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play

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Deus ex machina

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An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel

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Tragedy

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A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances

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Hamartia

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A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

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Hubris

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Extreme pride or arrogance

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Peripeteia

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Reversal of fortune

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Anagnorisis

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A moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery

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Catharsis

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Release of emotions, purging

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Conceit

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an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different, often an extended metaphor

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Paradox

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A statement that appears self-contradictory, but reveals a kind of truth

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Understatement

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A statement that says less than what is meant

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Juxtaposition

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Poetic and rhetorical devices in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit

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Equivocation

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Speaking ambiguously or not telling the whole truth

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Apostrophe

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Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea

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Allusion

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Reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture

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Connotation

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Associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition

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Dramatic Irony

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Often used on stage, a character in the play or story thinks one thing is true , but audience knows otherwise

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Motif

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A recurring image, word, phrase, action idea, object, or situation used throughout a work, unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme