| A | B |
|---|
| Prorogue | Postpone |
| Array | Clothing, usually fine clothing |
| shroud | thin cloth that was put over dead bodies |
| bier | a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial |
| orisons | prayers |
| vial | small bottle |
| stifled | to be killed by impeding respiration; smothered |
| rapier | small sword with a narrow blade |
| woed | sadness |
| corse | corpse |
| cordial | medicine or fine liquor |
| rosemary | herb of rememberance |
| apothecary | druggist/pharmacist |
| ducats | gold coins |
| mattock | a digging tool with a flat blade set at right angles to the handle |
| scourge | a cause of affliction or calamity |
| brace | pair |
| catharsis | the process of the releasing of strong emotion--a purification of emotions |
| tragedy | Five points: 1) a play, novel, or other narrative 2) depicting serious events 3) where the main character is of higher status 4) protagonist's downfall is from tragic flaw or forces outside of his/her control 5) tragic hero/heroine gains self-knowledge and/or wisdom, even though s/he suffers defeat or death (audience learns lesson as well) |
| Aristotle's views of pity and fear | Tragedy arouses pity for the characters and also fear that this could happen to us |
