Words Flashcards

(39 cards)

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Tragic protagonists

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A tragic hero

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Antagonist

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A person who is hostile

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Extended metaphor

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A version of metaphor that extends over the course of many lines

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Soliloquy

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A monologue that is adressed to ones self

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Aside

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A passage in aplay that is only for the audience to hear and the other characters cant here

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Hubris

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Excessive pride and confidence

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Dramatic irony

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Occurs when the audience knows something the character doesnt

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Monologue

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A single character says a long speech

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Unrequited love

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Love that is unreturned like romeo and rosaline

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Volatile

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Can change quickly into something for the worse

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Antithesis

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The direct opposite of someone else or something, benvolio and tybalt are antithesis

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Iambic pentameter

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The rythm of a line

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Sonnet

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A fourteen line poem using iambic pentameter

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Shared lines

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Were two or more characters share a line using iambic verses

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Rhyming couplet

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Where two succesive lines rhyme

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Protagonist

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The main character in a story who affects what happens

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Prose

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The ordinary people use in speaking and writing

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Verse

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Writing arranged with a metrical rythm

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Fate

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The development of life out of a persons control

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Free will

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The ability to choose amd do what you want

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Honour

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Regard with great respect

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Society

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The amount of people living together in a community

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Patriarchy

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Men control most of everything and have more power over women

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Primogeniture

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Being the first born child

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Feud
A prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute
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Reputation
The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something
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Anarchic
Unruly and choatic
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Liberal
Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from ones own; open to new ideas
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Impulsive
Someone who acts on a whim without thinking
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Mercurial
Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind
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Social class
Social class, also called class, a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status
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Contemporary
Living or occurring at the same time
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Tempestuous
Someone who is unpredictable and has many conflicting emotions
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Quixotic
Extremely idealistic unrealist and impractical
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Challenging conventions
Going against what is perceived as the norm
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Ingenuous
Innocent and unsuspected
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Melancholic
A feeling of sadness, typically with no cause
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Masculinity
Qualities or attributes regarded as charecteristic of men
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Impetuous
Acting auickly or carelessly