Drama Terminology for Shakespeare

Characters who are opposite in actions and thoughts from one another, set together to highlight their differences.

• antagonist

• situational irony

• protagonist

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Saying one thing but meaning another.

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• tragic irony

• situational irony

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

main character and good guy (?)

• tragic hero/antagonist

• foil

• tragic hero/protagonist

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

when the audience knows something the characters don't know

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

the protagonist in a tragedy

• tragic hero

• antagonist

• comic relief

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When something unexpected happens compared to what we were expecting.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

When our severe weather drill is cancelled due to severe weather in the area.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When Romeo killed himself because he thought Juliet was dead, but we (audience) knew she wasn't dead.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

A literary work dealing with serious themes and the destruction of a main character through a flaw, as occurs in Julius Caesar and Macbeth.

• Tragedy

• Catharsis

• Forshadowing

• Drama

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A character used to contrast another character: Cassius is this to Brutus, and Banquo is this to Macbeth.

• Catharsis

• Foil

• Motivation

• Characterization

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1