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Shakespearean Drama

Shakespearean Drama. Tragedy. is a drama that ends in catastrophe-most often death-for the main character and often for other important characters as well. Tragic Hero. is the main character-usually someone who is nobly born and who may have great influence in his or her society

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Shakespearean Drama

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  1. Shakespearean Drama

  2. Tragedy • is a drama that ends in catastrophe-most often death-for the main character and often for other important characters as well

  3. Tragic Hero • is the main character-usually someone who is nobly born and who may have great influence in his or her society • This character also has one or more fatal character flaws-a weakness or a serious error in judgment-that leads to his or her downfall. • Although the events in a tragedy are often set in motion by an action of the tragic hero, fate may also seem to play a role in the course that the events take.

  4. Comic Relief • a humorous scene, incident or speech that relieves the overall emotional intensity • By providing contrast, comic relief helps the audience to absorb the earlier events in the plot and get ready for the ones to come.

  5. Allusion • is a brief reference, within a work, to something outside the work that the reader or audience is expected to know • The writer might allude to a historical or current event or to a line from another work of literature.

  6. Foil Character • is a character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work • By using a foil, the writer highlights the other character’s traits or attitude.

  7. Soliloquy • a speech that a character gives when he or she is alone on stage • Its purpose is to let the audience know what the character is thinking.

  8. Aside • is a character’s remark, either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage are not supposed to hear

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