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person in literary work
ex: Pip in Great Expectation |
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not consistent with what is believed to happen and what actually happens
ex:Pip expects his benifactor is Ms. Havisham but it's the convict. |
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the narrative perspective from which a literary is presented to the reader
ex: Pip tells the story. |
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a device used to set up an explanation of later development
ex: Mrs Schachter yelles "fire" in Night |
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the emotions of a work or of the author in his or her creation of the work
ex: death in Night |
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time, place, and culture in which the actions of the story takes place
ex: Auschwitz, Poland , Jew Culture, 19th century |
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a biography, usually one written by someone who knew the subject well
ex: Night |
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| the story of one's own life written or dictated by oneself |
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| the bearing or undergoing of pain, distress, or injury |
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to continue to live after or in spite of
ex: Ellie is still alive after he is rescued. |
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| to be a sign of (something to come); indicate or suggest beforehand |
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the picturing in art and literature of people and things as they really appear to be, without idealizing
ex: the realism of the concentration camp |
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not humane; unmoved by the suffering of others; cruel, brutal, unkind
ex: the guards in Auswitz |
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the state or fact of keeping silent; a refraining from speech or from making noise
ex: Mrs. Schacter |
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the dynamics that exist between parent and child
ex: Ellie and his father |
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| motif of religious observance |
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the act or practice or observing, or keeping, a religious duty, law, custom, rule
ex: Reciting Kaddish |
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a dramatic form popular during the Elizabethan age, in which the protagonist, directed by the ghost of a father or son, inflicts retaliation upon a powerful villain. Notable features of the revenge tragedy including violence, bizarre criminal acts, intrigue, insanity, and the use of soliloquy.
ex: Hamlet is seeking revenge on his uncle for his father |
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a monologue in a drama used to give the audience information and to develop the speaker’s character
ex: To be or not to be |
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in a tragedy, the quality within the hero or heroine which leads to his or her downfall
ex: prideful |
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humorous scenes or episodes presented between tragic or serious scenes in order to relieve the audience’s tensions
ex: the grave digger scene |
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literally “downfall”; in tragic drama, the final scene in which most of the characters die or are dying
ex: the duel between Laertes and Hamlet |
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English comic and tragic plays produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
ex: Hamlet |
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this includes a combination of the following:
a.Suspenseful rising action or conflict between the protagonist and any obstacle, the latter being another character or one of the protagonist’s traits.
b.The protagonist’s failure in overcoming this obstacle, each one larger or more complicated than its predecessor.
c.The protagonist’s confronting the most crucial obstacle (in the climax) and being overcome by it.
d.The falling action, which culminates in the catastrophe.
ex: Hamlet |
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also known as “denouement”, literally, “unraveling”, or the events which lead to the resolution
ex: the preparation for the duel between Hamlet and Laertes |
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the portion of a story or play, following the climax, in which the conflict is resolved
ex: when Hamlet is dying and speaking to Horatic |
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a subdivision of an act of a drama, consisting of continuous action taking place at a single time and a single location
ex: Scene 1 |
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| concrete representations of objects and sensory experiences |
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| external conflict exists when a character struggles against some outside force, such as another person, society, nature or fate. Internal conflict is a conflict of person against self |
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a comparison, using "like" or "as" of two essential dissimilar things
ex: they treated me like an orphan in Night |
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| the impression that a word gives beyond its defined meaning |
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a technique in writing in which the author uses a figure of speech....such as hyperbole, irony or simile.
ex: we saw the gallows, 3 black races erected in Night |
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