| A | B |
| allusion | an indirect reference to somebody or something |
| baseness | the quality or condition of lacking morals; evil |
| beguile | to mislead or deceive someone |
| conjure | to invoke supposed supernatural forces |
| Crusades | The religious wars of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, European Christians trying to retake areas in the Holy Land captured by Muslim forces |
| discord | lack of agreement; tension or strife |
| Dramatic Irony | a situation where character is unaware of something audience knows |
| foreshadowing | to present an indication or a suggestion beforehand |
| insinuate | imply something |
| Moor | Member of Nomadic Arab people whose civilization flourished in North Africa between 8th and 15th centuries |
| passive | not actively taking part |
| profess | to declare something openly |
| symbolism | use of symbols to give things or ideas representative meaning |
| Turk | member of the Turkish ethnic group |
| Venetian | relating to the city of Venice, or its people or culture |