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Romeo and Juliet Act I. Vocabulary and Shakespearean Drama Terms Flashcards

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9413808488AdversaryOpponent; enemy0
9413808489AmblingStrolling1
9413808490AugmentTo increase2
9413808491BeseechTo beg3
9413808492ChastityAbstinence4
9413808493FlourishTo swing5
9413808494KinsmanRelative6
9413808495PerniciousDeadly7
9413808496PortentousForewarning; looming8
9413808497ScatheTo harm9
9413808498ActThe largest division in a play10
9413808499AsideWhen a character speaks directly to the audience and the rest of the characters do not hear11
9413808500BalconyWhere the wealthy sat in the theater12
9413808501BardA synonym for a poet and a nickname for Shakespeare13
9413808502Box OfficeWhere the money was stored14
9413808503ChorusA group that narrates the play15
9413808504DialogueWhere two or more characters converse16
9413808505Dramatic IronyWhen the audience knows something the characters do not17
9413808506Dynamic CharacterA character whose personality and beliefs change18
9413808507Elizabethan EnglandWhen Queen Elizabeth I. ruled England19
9413808508Flat CharacterA character with only one personality trait20
9413808509FoilA character that is the opposite of another character21
9413808510Globe TheaterThe theater that Shakespeare partly owned22
9413808511GroundlingsThe people who paid only 1 penny to see the play and where stood near the stage23
9413808512Iambic PentameterA heartbeat like rhythm that Shakespeare used24
9413808513MonologueA speech give by one character while other characters are on stage25
9413808514PrologueThe opening section of the play which acts like an introduction26
9413808515RenaissanceA time of renewal of the arts27
9413808516Round CharacterA character with multiple personality traits28
9413808517SceneThe smallest section of a play/ a division of an act29
9413808518SoliloquyA speech given by one character when NO ONE else is on stage30
9413808519Static CharacterA character whose personality and beliefs do NOT change31
9413808520Stratford-upon-AvonShakespeare's birthplace32
9413808521TragedyA piece of literature in which the main characters begin is a position of high status and end in a lower status or death33
9413808522Tragic FlawHarmatia; the trait that leads to a character's destruction34
9413808523Tragic HeroA character destroyed by his/her own tragic flaw35
9413808524William ShakespeareAn English playwright and poet who lived in Elizabethan England who is often referred to as the greatest writer or all time36

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