Macbeth Test Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Soliloquy | A long speech usually made by a character who is alone and reveals private thoughts and feelings to the audience, but not to the other characters |
| Tragedy | Ancient Greek and Roman style plays in which disaster befalls the hero or heroine |
| Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Iambic Pentameter | Five feet of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
| Prose | Anything not written with a specific rhyme scheme/meter etc. |
| Comic Relief | Provides humorous break in otherwise tense mood; Characters usually speak in prose |
| Internal Conflict | Conflict within the character |
| External Conflict | Conflict with outside people such as two characters or groups |
| Dramatic Irony | Words or actions of a character take on a meaning for the audience or readers different from the one the character intends (reader aware of something a character isn't) |
| Climax of Play | Point at which the internal and external conflicts are greatest |
| Imagery | Language used by writers to re-create sensory experiences and stir emotions |
| Tragic Flaw | A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero |
| Tragic Impulse | Tragic hero confronts his or her limits in a noble way |
| Shakespearean Tragedy | Central character of high rank or quality has a tragic flaw leading to his or her demise. Causally related events that contribute to tragic hero's downfall at least potentially related to the tragic flaw/weakness. Lively action that creates a vivid appearance. The use of comic scenes to offset the mood of sadness (comic relief) |
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