dramatic terms and romeo and juilet acts 1-3

dramatic poetry

most complex form of poetry, full of verse, plays with multiple speakers for each character. aren’t realistic

chorus

a group of men that comments/summarizes for the audience

monologue

long, one person speeches expressing thoughts or emotions, not done alone

prologue

exposition/introduction usually given by the chorus

sonnet

highly structured 14 lines poem

five Act structure

exposisition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

tragedy

hero fails by their own flaws/decisions

reversal

downfall, descent into lower position

hammartia

tragic flaws or error in protag

cartharsis

cleansing via sadness, fear, or pity

characteristics of a tragic hero

hammartia, reversal of fate (perapatia), inspires pain and fear in audience

purpose of a tragic hero

evoke sadness/pity, provoke emotion and catharsis, provides a cautionary tale

pun

a play on words (sun/son)

oxymoron

a contradiction that is nevertheless true

apostrophe

addressing dead/inanimate things as if it can respond

conceit

fancy metaphor that compares two completely unrelated things

allusion

reforanceto a well-known person, place, event, or literary work

metonymy

substituting the name of an entity with something closely related (the pen is mightier than the sword)

end rhyme

continuing end rhyme with the last words

ryhme scheme

a set pattern of end rhyme

rhyming couplet

two consecutive lines of end rhyme. usually brings smth to a close

constanance

repetition of the final constant sound

assonance

repetition of the vowel sound

meter

a pattern of stressed and unstressed vowels

iambic pentameter

five feet of unstressed followed by stressed vowels

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

paris

a wealthy count that wants to marry juilet

capulet

juilet’s father, apart of the Capulet household

lady capulet

juilet’s mother, part of Capulet household, cold and direct

juliet

romeo’s love interest, sheltered, a capulet

romeo

lovesick, Montague, impulsive, kills tybalt, banished

tybalt

fights a lot, skilled swordsman, gets kicked out of the party, fights mercutio and is killed by romeo

mercutio

fights tybalt, is killed by him, bold, flamboyant, romeo’s friend

benevolio

peacemaker, romeo’s friend

friar Lawrence

helps Romeo and Juliet get married, a priest, poetic, wants to end the feud between the houses

nurse

comedic relief, juilet confides in her until she badmouths romeo

soliloquy

a long monologue with only one character where you hear their inner thoughts and sympathize with them

hysteron proteron

a reversal of fate or what one would normally expect

situational ethics

different things are treated as good or bad based solely off the specific situation

aphorism

something that can be applied to humans or life universefully

synecdoche

a part of something that is substituted for the whole thing. ex. that brunette is staring at you