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Romeo & Juliet: Act II terms and vocab
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| 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) |
| light/dark imagery | use of dark and light images to portray something of more significant meaning |
| soliloquy | extended speech in which a character speaks his/her thoughts aloud while alone, thus communicating to the audience his/her mental state, intentions, or emotions |
| Temp'ring (764) | calming |
| dramatic irony | audience knows info that characters do not |
| foreshadowing | technique of hinting about events to come |
| rising action | a series of complications |
| doff (768) | remove |
| aside | line not meant to be heard by other characters |
| blank verse | unrhymed verse |
| conjure (630) | to summon by magic |
| wherefore (766) | why |
| fain (769) | gladly |
| shrift (775) | confession |
| perjuries (769) | falsities, lies |
| hie (784) | hasten, go quickly |
| virtue (774) | quality of doing good/what is right |
| vice (774) | fault, moral weakness |
| good-den | good evening |
| hie (784) | go quickly |
| confound (785) | amaze |
| would (773) | wish |
| prorogued (769) | defer, postpone |
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