P8 Review of Shakespeare Notes

Front

What is a character who contrasts with another character to highlight their personality traits?

Back

Character Foil

Front

Why were actors in Elizabethan England all men or boys?

Back

Women and girls weren't allowed to earn their own money.

Front

What is a long speech by one actor in a play that only the audience can hear?

Back

Soliloquy

Front

What is it called when the audience knows something that the characters do not?

Back

Dramatic Irony

Front

What is a long speech by one actor in a play that the rest of the characters listen to?

Back

Monologue

Front

What is the term for a humorous play on words?

Back

Pun

Front

What is a type of poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme?

Back

Prose

Front

What is the term for a situation where the outcome is different from what was expected?

Back

Situational Irony

Front

What is a speech in a play where a character speaks their thoughts aloud, typically alone on stage?

Back

Soliloquy

Front

What is the term for a character's speech that is directed to the audience but not heard by other characters?

Back

Dramatic Aside