Shakespeare Vocab

Tragedy: a drama that results in catastrophe, namely death for the main characters.

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_________: the protagonist or central character that fails or dies because of a character flaw or a cruel twist of fate.

Who is an example of an antagonist?

• Scar from The Lion King

• Harry Potter

• Greg from The Diary of a Wimpy Kid

• Winston from New Girl

Name an example of a protagonist.

Foil: a character whose personality and attitude compliment those of another character.

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A soliloquy is...

• a speech given by a character about a flaw in another character.

• a speech given by a character alone that exposes their thoughts and feelings to the audience.

• A word spoken by a character that isn't heard by the other characters on stage.

An ______________ is a character's remark that others on stage do not hear, used to reveal the character's private thoughts.

What would be an example of dramatic irony?

• If a scene showed two characters planning a murder of a character, then that character walks up unaware

• When all characters die in a play by the end of it.

• When a character's personality clashes with another character.

• If a scene contains something funny that relieves tension.

Comic relief: a humorous scene or speech intended to relieve tension, which heightens the seriousness of the main action by comparison.

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