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| a comparison of two unlike objects using like or as |
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| a narrative in which the characters, events, and sometimes the setting make sense on a literal level but also on an abstract or spiritual level (system of symbols working together) |
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| an implicit comparison without the use of liek or as |
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| a self contradictory and absurd statement that turns out to be, in some sense at last, true and valid |
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| repetition of initial consonant sounds (Jennifer and giraffe,not sea and shells) |
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| repetition of similar vowel sounds (not just all "I"s, not love and prove (different O sounds) |
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| repetition of similar consonant sounds preceded by different accented vowels (pluck/knock) |
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| a reference, usually brief, to a person, place, or event with which the reader is presumably familiar. |
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| a word whose sound has the effect of suggesting or reinforcing its denotative meaning; buzz, pop |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| short, songlike poem, by a single speaker on a single subject, expressing a personal thought, mood or feeling |
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| a poem of 14 iambic pentameter lines with a rhyme scheme |
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never real, pretend, in it for self. married, but loves Mrs. marwood
**tries to ruin Mrs. fainall's reputation unless Wishfort agrees to give over her fortune to him plus Millamant's |
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fainall's mistress, but loves Mirabell (who doesn't love her)
**pretends to be friends with Mrs. Fainall
**Tries to marry Millamant to Witwould so she can have a shot at Mirabell
**writes letter to Wishfort to reveal Mirabell's plot. |
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pretended to love lady wishfort when he actually loved millamant
**has been involved with mrs. fainall
**long history of ruining reputations and breaking hearts
**set up mr. and mrs. fainall when mrs. fainall got pregnant with his child. |
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moody, volatile, witty, matches mirabell's wit. he can't count on her love.
**mrs. marwood wants her to marry Witwould do that she can have a shot at mirabell
**niece of Lady Wishfort, who hates Mirabell |
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| comic character, "not witty, wishes he were" tells bad jokes |
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| can't tell difference btw comic and insulting |
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| country bumpkin, uncouth, doesn't understand city talk or pick up sarcasm. He's unedcated and rustic, but he is honorable and doesnt try to deceive anyone. Can't play the game. Brings up theme of city and civilization over country and rural. |
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| servant to Mirabell, gets married to Foible. Pretends to be Sir Rowland for the purpose of seducing Wishfort and getting her money for Mirabell. |
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| these two defeated fainall when they saw fainall and marwood together and told everyone; |
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| willed estate to mirabell; Lady wishfort's daughter |
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