| A | B |
|---|
| soliloquy | long speech in which character is alone on stage expressing private thoughts/feelings |
| aside | private thoughts a character in a play speaks to audience or another character not overheard by others on stage. |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| dramatic irony | when audience knows something the character doesn't |
| foreshadowing | use of clues to hint at what will happen |
| theme | author's message |
| nemesis | one who seeks retribution |
| conflict | struggle between two opposing forces |
| resolution | all problems in plot are unraveled |
| tragedy | work in which main character comes to a tragic end |
| catharsis | emotional cleansing |
| tragic hero | main character who comes to an unhappy end |
| tragic flaw | fatal error in judgment or weakness |
| antagonist | person/persons with whom hero battles |
| catastrophe | tragic resolution |
| hubris | excessive pride |
