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| tradgedy | a drama in which the central character meets with disaster or great misfortune. the protagonist mus make a moral decision but because of serious fault the decision leads to downfall and death |
| dramatic irony | a characters words or acts have larger mean that the character does not realize the audience is aware of the importance |
| dramatic convention | techniques that substitute for reality to give audience more information that they would have strictly from the plot |
| soliloquy | a character converses with him or herself by expressing thoughts in a long speech |
| blank verse | unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter |
| tragic hero | the protagonist of the story who has a fatal flaw that leads to the downfall or death |
| dramatic foil | a character who highlights the personality traits of another character through contrast |
| concealment | a character is seen by the audience while remaining hidden from other actors on the stage |
| aside | a character speaks directly to the audience for a short period of time without being heard by other characters on stage. |
| catastrophe | the moment marking the protagonists tragic failure often culminating in that characters death |
