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| a concrete representation of an object or sensory expierience. ex. light dark of Romeo and Juliet. |
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| a monolouge in a drama used to give the audiance information and to develop the speakers character and innermost thoughts. ex. when juliet talks to herself on the balcony. |
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a statement that appears illogical or contradictory but may point to an underlying truth.
ex. less is more |
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| putting two contradicting words together. ex. wise fool |
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| hints or clues that suggest what will happen later in a story. |
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| a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose." or So are you to my thoughts as food to life" |
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an implied comparision between two different things.
ex. "it is the easy and juliet is the sun" |
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| when audiance knows something that the character in the book does not. ex. when we know that Juliet is only in a coma and Romeo does not. |
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| a breif reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictios.ex. Queen Mab speech. |
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| a bit of humor in a serious play to relieve tension. ex. in the beggining when the two guys joke about cutting off the maidens heads. |
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| the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. |
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rushed, rash, love, ill-fated, and uncontrollable.
dominant idea |
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| Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches. |
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| ex last lines of R&J, rhyming. |
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opposite characters.
ex. Romeo and Mercutio, Tybalt and Benevolio...ect |
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