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| Escape literature, follows a pattern of conventional reader expectations, romance novels, relaxing, written to be sold |
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| Explores characters seriously, often sad, tries to be original and ambiguous often |
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| A character that changes, develops |
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| How does an author reveal characters? |
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| Physical descriptions, others response to them, showing and telling, names, symbols |
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| The protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero |
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| 3 Major Elements of a Setting |
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| Time, place, social environment |
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| Can have many meanings, object, event or place that has greater meaning than just its literary meaning |
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| The main/central idea of a story |
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| A lesson that the story tries to convey to readers |
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| Defined by trade and profession |
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| The literal dictionary definition of a word |
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| The implications and associations that go with a word beyond its literal definition |
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| A comparison using like or as |
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| Comparing two unlike things without using like or as |
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| The attitude of the author toward characters |
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| Speaker in the poem, not always the author |
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| No punctuation inbetween lines |
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| Rising Action -> Climax -> Crisis -> Falling Action -> Resolution |
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| Complication creates conflict for the protagonist, beginning |
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| When the action reaches a final crisis |
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| A turning point that has a powerful effect on the protagonist |
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| 3rd part as tensions diminish |
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| End, the plot's conflicts and complications are resolved |
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| What was the function of the chorus in Greek drama? |
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| The ideal audience that would critique, establish the mood, give advice, pass judgements and speak of how the gods might feel |
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| How did Greeks treat theatre festivals? |
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| It was very serious b/c it was a "worship" ceremony to the gods (mainly to Dionysus) |
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| What are the 3 genres of Shakespeare's plays? |
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| Tragedies, comedies, histories |
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| Lesson, teaching vices and virtues for the purpose of leading ppl to salvation |
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| Shows life as it actually occurs/is, shows poverty, suffering, real human experience |
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| Stereotyped characters in melodramas |
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| Damselle in distress, knight in shining armor, etc. |
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| Things the audience knows/expects will be part of a play, ex. scenes, acts, intermissions |
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| Central character (ex. hero or heroine) |
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| The character that opposes the protagonist |
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| A character that contrasts with another character (normally the protagonist) to highlight particular qualities of the character |
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