Romeo And Juliet Words Flashcards
(46 cards)
Tragedy (Greek)
A play that follows a protagonist who’s life has become a disaster.
Tragic protagonists
A tragic protagonist is the main character of a tragedy who has to overcome disaster.
An example is Romeo Montague
Antagonist
An antagonist is someone who opposes or argues with the main character, the protagonist.
In ‘Romeo and Juliet’ the protagonists are the Monatague and Capulet families.
Extended Metaphor
An extended metaphor is the use of a metaphor over a couple of lines instead of just using one in a sentence or phrase. This emphasises the metaphor.
An example is: “You’re a snake! Everything you hiss out of your mouth is a lie. You frighten children, and you have no spine.”
Soliloquy
A soliloquy is when a character in a play speaks there thoughts aloud so the audience hears them when their alone.
Aside
And aside is when a character says something that only the audience is supposed to hear and not the other characters on the stage.
Hubris
Hubris is when someone is overconfident and believes that they can do no wrong which usually results in them doing something foolish.
Hamartia
Hamartia is a flaw that someone has which leads them to something bad in their life.
Catharsis
Catharsis is the cleansing and purification of someones emotions.
Dramatic Irony
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something is about to happen but the characters don’t.
The significance of a characters words are clear to the audience but not to the character.
Monologue
A monologue is a long speech or paragraph only one character says.
Unrequited Love
When someone has a love for another person who doesn’t have the same feelings back.
Courtly Love
The love between a knight and a higher up married woman.
Volatile
When something suddenly or unexpectidly changes, or when something unexpectidly turns into anger and violence.
Emotional
When someone is feeling lots of emotions at the same time.
Impetuous
When someone acts quickly without thinking about it.
Machismo
A strong masculine pride.
Antithesis
The complete opposite of two things.
When two opposite ideas or concepts are put together.
It can be a sign that a character doesn’t know where to go or what to think.
It often highlights the situation a character is in.
Iambic Pentameter
The rhythm that Shakespeare and many others used in there plays. It is a line of verse which has 5 heartbeat rhythms that have one short and soft beat followed by a longer and stronger beat; de DUM, de DUM.
Sonnet
A fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter with three stanzas of four lines.
It has an ABAB rhyme scheme and are usually love poems.
Shared Lines
When two or more characters say a line of iambic verse between them. This shows a strong relationship between them.
The characters understand each other or the argument enough to finish each others thoughts.
Rhyming Couplets
Two lines, usually of the same length, which end in the smae sound or a rhyme and often are related.
There usually used to sum up the end of a characters speech.
Protagonist
The main or one of the major characters in a play.
In ‘Romeo and Juliet’ this would be Romeo and Juliet.
Prose
A written piece or speech without any set rhymthm or structure; ordinary language.
It is a conversational way of speaking.
It can tell us what kind of character they are.
