Romeo and Juliet Drama and Literary Terms
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Terms for Romeo and Juliet
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tragedy | Drama (play) in which the main character suffers from a fall from good fortune |
| Tragic Hero | The most important character in a tragedy |
| Tragic Flaw | One or more serious errors in judgement that the tragic hero makes |
| Comedy | Drama (play) that deals with light and amusing subjects or with serious subjects in a light, familiar, or satirical manner |
| Satire | A kind of comedy that ridicules people, practices, or institutions in order to reveal their fallings |
| Farce | A kind of comedy that places flat, one dimensional characters in ridiculous situations |
| Stage Directions | Written instructions that explain how to perform a play, including how the characters should look, speak, move, and behave |
| Chorus | In Elizabethan drama, the __________ is portrayed by one actor, who often spoke the prologue and epilogue to the play |
| Dialogue | Conversation between characters |
| Monologue | The character speaks directly to another character or to himself or herself |
| Soliloquy | The character speaks his or her innermost thoughts when there are not other characters on stage |
| Aside | A character says something to the audience that the other characters are not supposed to hear |
| Situational Irony | The outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected |
| Verbal Irony | A person says one thing but means the other |
| Dramatic Irony | The reader or audience knows something the characters do not |
| Blank Verse | Unrhymed poetry or iambic pentameter. Each line has 5 units |
| Foil | A character who provides a strong contrast to another character |
| Pun | A humorous play on words. Usually involve words that are similar in sound or a word that has several meanings |
| Shakespearean Sonnet | fourteen line poetry that uses the following rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg |
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