a main division of a play Shakespeare favored the five Act structure for his plays.

Device through which a character reveals her true feelings by directly addressing the audience; even though she is not alone on stage, the character is not overheard any other characters.

a speech delivered by a character while he is alone on stage. He is able to "talk to himself", expressing thoughts, mood or opinion aloud.

a short poem with 14 lines and a strict rhyme scheme. There several types of sonnets, each with its own different rhyme scheme.

a pair of successive lines of poetry that rhyme

a pair of rhyming lines of iambic pentameter

a play on words; used artfully by Shakespeare for comedy and often used to create irony. It is the humorous use of a word or of a word or of words which are spelled the same or sound alike but have different meanings.

movement patterns of actors on the stage, Usually planned by the director to create meaningful stage pictures.

specific purpose, specific moment of "relief" with a light-hearted scene, after a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments.

the conversation of characterization of characters in a literary work. In plays, character's speech in preceded by their names.

a device in which a character holds a position or has an expectation reversed or fulfilled in a way that the character did not expect but that the audience or readers have anticipated because their knowledge of events

secondary character whose situations often parallels that of the main character while his behavior or personality contrasts with that of the main character

the imaginary wall that separates the spectator/ audience from the action taking place on stage.

the Greek tern hubris translates to arrogant, excessive self-pride or self-confidence, and a lack of some perception due to pride in one's abilities.

a speech by a single character without another characters response.But the speaker is speaking to someone else or even a group of people

a playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments , or information about dialogue, and action of a play.

a type of drama in which the characters experience reversal of fortune, usually for the worse.

a weakness or limitation of a character resulting in the fall of the tragic hero

a privileged, exalted character of high repute, who by virtue of a tragic flaw and or fate, suffers a fall from a higher station in life into suffering

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Theater terms

Shakespearean vocab for Hamlet

Question	Answer
Act	a main division of a play Shakespeare favored the five Act structure for his plays.
Scene	a unit smaller than an act
Aside	Device through which a character reveals her true feelings by directly addressing the audience; even though she is not alone on stage, the character is not overheard any other characters.
Soliloquy	a speech delivered by a character while he is alone on stage. He is able to "talk to himself", expressing thoughts, mood or opinion aloud.
Sonnet	a short poem with 14 lines and a strict rhyme scheme. There several types of sonnets, each with its own different rhyme scheme.
Rhyming Couplet	a pair of successive lines of poetry that rhyme
Heroic couplet	a pair of rhyming lines of iambic pentameter
Pun	a play on words; used artfully by Shakespeare for comedy and often used to create irony. It is the humorous use of a word or of a word or of words which are spelled the same or sound alike but have different meanings.
Blocking	movement patterns of actors on the stage, Usually planned by the director to create meaningful stage pictures.
Comic Relief	specific purpose, specific moment of "relief" with a light-hearted scene, after a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments.
Dialogue	the conversation of characterization of characters in a literary work. In plays, character's speech in preceded by their names.
Dramatic Irony	a device in which a character holds a position or has an expectation reversed or fulfilled in a way that the character did not expect but that the audience or readers have anticipated because their knowledge of events
Foil	secondary character whose situations often parallels that of the main character while his behavior or personality contrasts with that of the main character
Fourth wall	the imaginary wall that separates the spectator/ audience from the action taking place on stage.
Hubris	the Greek tern hubris translates to arrogant, excessive self-pride or self-confidence, and a lack of some perception due to pride in one's abilities.
Monologue	a speech by a single character without another characters response.But the speaker is speaking to someone else or even a group of people
Stage direction	a playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments , or information about dialogue, and action of a play.
Tragedy	a type of drama in which the characters experience reversal of fortune, usually for the worse.
Tragic flaw	a weakness or limitation of a character resulting in the fall of the tragic hero
Tragic hero	a privileged, exalted character of high repute, who by virtue of a tragic flaw and or fate, suffers a fall from a higher station in life into suffering

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