Romeo And Juliet Flashcards
(27 cards)
Speech given in which a character who is usually alone on stage reveals private thoughts to the audience
Soliloquy
Character set up to contrast to another character; contrast makes the qualities of each character stand out vividly; Romeo and Mercutio
Dramatic Foil
A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters
Aside
A long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a character to other characters on stage who remain quiet
Monologue
A figure of speech that makes a reference of a place, literary event, character, work of art, etc.
Allusions
When the words and actions of a character have different meaning for the reader than the actors (usually because the reader/viewer knows things the characters do not)
Dramatic Irony
Play that ends unhappily
Tragedy
Shakespeare’s favorite way of writing poetry; each line contained 5 iambs (beats in which the stress is on the second syllable)
Iambic pentameter
Ordinary writing that is not poetry, drama, or song, only characters in the lower social classes speak in this way in Shakespeare’s plays
Prose
In poetry repeating the initial consonant
Alliteration
When the characters are introduced
Exposition
Humorous play on words
Pun
Used to compare things, wo using the words like or as
Metaphors
When the author is dropping hints about future events
Foreshadowing
A literary term used to describe the process of giving human characteristics to objects, animals, and ideas
Personification
The hero’s downfall is usually a result of what?
Character flaw/fate
Small bottle containing medicine or other fluids
Vial
Distressing; sad
lamentable
Deeply thoughtful
Pensive
Having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceiving
cunning
Think about deeply
Mull
Injustice, complaint
grievance
Thing that completes failure
Fiasco
Causing great injury or ruin
pernicious
