Blood Brothers Key Terms

What is a tragedy?

• A play that has comedic value.

• A play that has twins in it.

• A play in which the lead character experiences an unhappy ending.

• A play in which the lead character experiences a happy ending.

What is a protagonist?

• Narrator

• The main character

• The minor character

• Audience

What is dialogue?

• Stage directions

• A description of what the actors are doing.

• The lines spoken by the characters in a play.

• The lines spoken by the narrator in a play.

What are stage directions?

• The lines spoken by the characters in the play.

• A description of the physical actions or what is seen rather than said in the play.

• The main character in a play.

• A character who stands outside the action of a play.

What is a chorus?

• Actors performing as a group

• An actor performing as an individual

• A character who sings

• The main character in a play

What is a narrator?

• The main character in a play

• A character who stands outside the action of a play and describes events

• Actors performing as a group

• A person who sits in the audience and talks about the play

What is a tragic flaw?

• When a sad event happens in the play

• A character trait which may be responsible for the successes of the tragic hero.

• When the stage directions go wrong

• A character trait which may be responsible for the downfall of the tragic hero.

What does superstition mean?

• a belief in supernatural events or influences

• a belief in science

• a belief in specifically witches

• a belief in justice

What is juxtaposition?

• The position the audience sit in

• Two contrasting ideas that are placed next to each other

• The position the characters take on the stage

• Two similar ideas that are placed next to each other

What is dramatic irony?

• When somebody dies in a play

• When the audience knows something that the characters do not

• When the characters know something that the audience do not

• When there is a big plot twist in the play