​the act of talking to oneself; in drama, it denotes the convention of speaking one’s thoughts aloud

the act of sharing a brief thought with the audience which is inaudible to the other characters onstage

a statement in which the speaker’s implicit meaning differs from the meaning that is ostensibly expressed

a character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a story

is used to echo previous works, either by the same author or otherwise, by reference or allusion

an element that recurs in literature

sometimes used interchangeably with ​motif​, but is more usefully applied to a general claim or doctrine which a literary work is designed to incorporate

an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable

a line of verse consisting of five feet (and therefore ten syllables)

Tragedy is a representation of serious and important actions which turn out disastrously for the main character