Shakespearean Drama Vocabulary

Plays that focus on famous English monarchs

What are stage directions?

Dramatic speech between two or more characters in a play is called...

the audience knows something that the characters do not

a humorous scene or speech in a serious work used to relieve the emotional intensity

clue that something will happen

A common meter with 10 syllables per line and 5 feet

a remark spoken by a character on stage that is meant to be heard by only select people

In drama, a tragedy is defined as

What normally happens at the end of a Shakespearean comedy?

relates a series of events in a person's life, ending with a catastrophe; brings out emotions

A story written to be acted for an audience

The ___ is the hero or leading character with whom the audience sympathizes

What is a tragic flaw?

Which type of dramatic character is an adversary or hostile force to the main character

Hubris is...

a character gives a speech alone on stage, to audience, about their feelings/thoughts

a release of emotions; the purpose of a tragedy

Action at the end of a tragedy

a focal character who experiences a tragic downfall & with whom the audience sympathizes with

Shakespeare wrote during a time of flourishing literature, art, science, and philosophy called