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Shakespeare Vocabulary
Shakespeare Vocab
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Literature
10th Grade
10/22/2009

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Archetype
Definition
The original model that many other variations are based on. Ex. protagonist, antagonist, Batman, Robin
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Aside
Definition
WH=hen an actor turns and faces another character as if whispering into their ear, but on stage you cant whisper.
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Blank Verse
Definition
Verse with no rhyme, but it has meter
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Comedy
Definition
A funny play in which the main characters usually live, or arent struck with tradgedy
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Comic relief
Definition
Jokes, often dirty or morbid to lighten the mood and get people interested
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Conflict
Definition
Actual or perceived opposition. 
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External Conflict
Definition
Conflict between 2 people, or a person and something other than themselves
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History
Definition
A play based on actual or perceived events
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Iamb
Definition
stressed then unstressed
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Iambic pentameter
Definition
A system of 5 unstressed, 5 stressed syllables per line. A total of 10 syllables
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Internal conflict
Definition
conflict with onesself
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Meter
Definition
the rythym in verse
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Poetry
Definition
elevated level of the language
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Prose
Definition
Regular talk
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Soliloquy
Definition
when a single actor is on stage talking its often used to express their feelings or thoughts
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Stratford
Definition
Where shakespeare was born
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Symbolic Arts
Definition

Art with a deeper meaning

 

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Text aids
Definition
que's; stage directions that are not said aloud
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Tradgedy
Definition
When the main character dies, or is struck by great tradgedy
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Tragic flaw
Definition
A flaw in the main character that either causes them great sorrow or even death.
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