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What is a character foil?
What happens to a tragic hero usually?
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What happens to a tragic hero usually?
fails or dies because of a character flaw or a cruel twist of fate.
They succeed and live hapily ever after
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What is a character foil?
character whose personality and attitude contrast with other character
the adversary or hostile force
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Elizabethan theater was easy for working class people to go to.
False
True
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Most Elizabethan theaters had curtains, lighting, and lots of scenery
True
False
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What are allusions?
a humorous scene or speech meant to relieve tension
a reference to a literary or historical person
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What is a soliloquy?
a speech given by a character alone
a character's remark that others on stage do not hear
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What is it called when the audience knows more than the characters and it builds suspense?
comic relief
dramatic irony
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What is an aside?
a character's remark that others on stage do not hear
a speech given by a character alone
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Elizabethan theaters created the first widely known women actresses
False
True
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A foil emphasizes another characters traits
False
True
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How does Shakespeare primarily write his plays?
In blank verse
In free verse
