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Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy
Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy
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Shakespearean Literary Devices
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Which of the following does NOT describe a tragic hero?
Has a flaw
Fails or dies
Is high in rank or status
Is the antagonist of the story
2
This is when the character makes a brief remark to reveal private thoughts or secrets?
Pun
Soliloquy
Aside
Foil
3
This is a speech in which a character is alone on stage expressing their private thoughts?
Foil
Pun
Aside
Soliloquy
4
This character's personality contrasts another character and highlights their qualities?
Tragic Hero
Foil
Protagonist
Antagonist
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This is a humorous scene, incident, or speech that relieves the overall emotional intensity?
Aside
Soliloquy
Pun
Comic Relief
6
This type of drama ends in catastrophe for the main characters?
Tragedy
Tragic Hero
Epic
Blank Verse
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These play on words were mastered by Shakespeare and used for humor?
Blank Verse
Pun
Dramatic Irony
Comic Relief
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What is a brief reference to something outside the work the audience is expected to know?
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Pun
Allusion
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What is created when the audience knows more than the characters in the play?
Pun
Allusion
Dramatic Irony
Comic Relief