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Prologue

Introduction of any literary work, especially in a play that provides necessary exposition to the story

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Epilogue

Conclusion of any literary work providing necessary exposition to end the story

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Soliloquy

A speech on stage alone that allows the character to speak aloud for audience only to hear

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Aside

A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play

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Catharsis

My purging of the feelings of pity and fear that according to Aristotle occurred in the audience of tragic drama

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Morose

Sorrowful and sullen ; broodingly gloomy

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Odious

Extremely distasteful or detestable

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Palatial

Large and glorious, as a palace

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Prelude

Introduction or overture, especially to musical performance

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Quiescent

Inactive or at rest

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Reprisal

Retaliation an act of revenge or retribution

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Sequester

To confine and isolate

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Surmise

To guess imagine or deduce

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Usurious

Requiring excessive or illegal interest to be paid on a loan

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Wizen

To cause to dry out, to deplete all moisture from an object