The theory which states that all works of

literature are derivatives of or influenced by prior works of

literature.

• Intertextuality

• drama

• plagiarism

• obligatory

This can result from bad judgment, a bad character,

ignorance, inherited weakness, or accident. 

• Tragic Hero

• Imagery

• Tragedy

• Hamartia

a convention used in drama as a substitution for reality that

the audience accepts as real although they know them to be

false

• Intertextual figure

• dramatic device

• dramatic irony

• intertextuality

This is presented to inform the audience or reader of what is

happening in the mind of a character and to give information

about the action of the play.

• paradox

• pathetic fallacy

• aside

• soliloquy

Using images to describe or compare something to, so that

the reader forms a picture in his or her mind.

• imagery

• foreshadowing

• hamartia

• tragic hero

Occurs when the reader knows a secret, but the characters in

a play or work of fiction do not.

• nemesis

• dramatic irony

• pathetic fallacy

• imagery

A speech made by an actor DIRECTLY TO THE

AUDIENCE, but seemingly to himself or herself

• aside

• tragedy

• foreshadow

• pathetic fallacy

A hint or warning of things to come, making specific events

in the plot seem more probable as they unfold.

• hamartia

• tragedy

• foreshadow

• tragic hero

Unrealized potential is the difference between

a successful versus an unuccessful quest.

• tragic hero

• imagery

• hamartia

• soliloquy

  It provides pleasure in terms of connection and continuity of cultures and texts.

• aside

• foreshadow

• tragedy

• nemesis