Lit- Hamlet vocab.
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Tara-is-amazing on November 28, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Spectre | ghost |
| courtiers | attendants at the court of nobleman |
| battlements | walls of a fortification |
| rebuff | reject |
| avenge | retaliate |
| amiable | friendly |
| erratic | unpredictable; random; not in pattern |
| nunnery | convent |
| melancholy | depressed; gloomy |
| unrequited | not returned |
| brooding | dwell on; spend too much time thinking |
| furtively | sneakily; secretly |
| tapestry | wall hanging |
| ditty | short song or poem |
| woe | misery; anguish |
| exposition | introduction of the setting, main character, and starter event |
| rising action | major events leading up to the climax |
| climax | the point where the major conflict is resolved |
| falling action | what happens after the major conflict is resolved |
| denouement | the final outcome for the main characters |
| theme | what the author wants you to believe in or act like because you read the story |
| character traits | words that describe how a person behaves |
| conflict | the struggle between two opposing forces |
| plot | the sequence of events that make up a story |
| methods of characterization | ways the author uses to help the reader visualize, know and understand a character |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |
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