| A | B |
| foreshadow | show, indicate or suggest in advance |
| pathos | the quality of arousing feelings of pity or sorrow |
| dramatic irony | when the implications of a situation are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the story |
| homely | ordinary, unpretentious, down-to-earth |
| ring-composition | returning to the theme or detail with which a passage began |
| retribution | revenge |
| stratagem | a plan or trick, often to deceive an enemy |
| supplication | the desperate request for help from one person (the suppliant) to another |