Play Vocabulary- Shakespeare

a play on the multiple meanings of a word/words that sound alike but have different meanings

Event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period

a combination of contradictory terms

an unusually long speech where a character who is on stage alone expresses thier thoughts aloud

character who does not change much in the course of a story

Direct plain form of language written or spoken in ordinary use

a play that depicts important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end

the audience knows something important that a character in the story or play does not know

Character who changes as a result of the story's events

when human characteristics are given to nonhuman things

A writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different

character who's used as a contrast to another character so that their qualities are intensified

something in a story which suggests or indicates what may happen later 

words that are spoken by a character in a play to another character but not overheard by others

established theatrical techniques that audiences/performers accept though they aren't realistic

a reference to something well-known in literature or history

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme often signal the exit of a character/end of scene

event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period

A character who shows various and sometimes contradictory traits 

Humor added that lessens the seriousness of the plot

a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot

story written to be acted for an audience 

When the audience/character in the literary work expects one thing but the opposite happens

Comparison using like or as

A character who reveals only one character trait

a long speech by one character in a play that other characters on stage hear

A group who says things at the same time