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19 Cards in this Set
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Aside |
Words spoken aside to the audience |
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Catharsis |
Purging of feelings of pity or fear |
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Complication |
Intensification of conflict |
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Denouement |
Final outcome of play (AFTER the climax) |
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Deus Ex Machina |
"a god from the machine" resolves the play by supernatural intervention |
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Dynamic Character |
Importance change in the play changes insight or understanding |
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Exposition |
First stage of dramatic plot (introduction of characters) |
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Falling action |
Tension is released plot begins to be resolved |
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Foil |
Secondary character whose situation parallels main character but they contrast to throw light on actions of main character |
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Flat character |
Relatively simple minor characters: particular and limited traits (they become stereotypes) |
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Hubris |
Self confidence, arrogance, excessive self pride (leads to downfall) |
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Point of attack |
Action begins to be dramatised |
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Inciting incident |
First incident to lead to rising action |
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Peripeteia |
Plot takes unexpected direction |
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Round character |
Psychological depth (contrasting flat character) |
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Satire |
Criticises human behavior and misconduct |
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Suspension of disbelief |
Accept something as real |
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Hamartia |
Fatal Flaw of protagonists |
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Dramatic metaphor |
Heightened symbolic use of word |
