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Flashcards in Romeo And Juliet Deck (12)
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Antagonist

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Adversary/hostile force opposing protagonist. Can be a character, group of characters or a nonhuman entity

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Foil

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Character with sharp contrasting personality to another character, emphasizing the other characters traits

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Soliloquy

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Speech a character makes alone on stage reveals private thoughts

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Aside

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Characters remark not heard by other characters. Private thoughts

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience knows more than the characters. Builds suspense

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Comic relief

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Humorous scene or speech relieves tension heightens seriousness of main conflict by contrast

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed lines iambic pentameter (stress/no stress 5 times)

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Pun

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Humor, words with similar sounds and different meanings play on words

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Shakespeare

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1564-1616 1597 Romeo and Juliet

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Tragedy

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Usually ends in death or downfall of whole family/lose everything

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Comedy

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Ends happily usually wedding

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Tragic Hero

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Protagonist. Central character. Usually dies or fails because of character flaws or cruel twist of fate