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57 Cards in this Set

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Sophocles

Oedipus

Shakespeare

Hamlet

Ibsen

A Dolls' House

Miller

Death of a Salesman

Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Stoppard

Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead

Main character of Oedipus Rec

Oedipus

Wife to Oedipus

Jocasta

Right hand man to Oedipus

Creonte

Blind seer in Oedipus

Tiresias

Love interest of Hamlet

Ophelia

Main character of Hamlet

Hamlet

Father to Ophelia and Laertes, chief counselor to Claudius

Polonius

King of Denmark, uncle to Hamlet

Claudius

Brother to Ophelia, kills Hamlet

Laertes

Mother of Hamlet

Gertrude

Friend of Nora

Mrs. Linde

Friend of the Helmers and in love with Nora and dying

Dr. Rank

Friend of Nora

Mrs. Linde

Woman leader in a Dolls house, is a doll

Nora

Maid to the Helmers

Anne- Marrie

Main character of DOAS, flashbacks, dies

Willy

Wife of Willy

Linda

Older brother of Willy, recently died

Ben

Youngest son of Willy, business

Happy

Eldest son of Willy

Biff

Neighbor and long time friend of the Loman's

Charley

Sister of Walter and daughter of mama, angry

Beneatha

Brother to Beneatha, wants business and opportunity, father of the family

Walter

Beneatha's love interest from Nigeria

Asagai

Mother of family, pregnant

Ruth

Mother of Walter and Beneatha, pretty much runs the show, religious

Mama

Love interest of Beneatha who is rich and very assimilated

George

Son of Ruth and Walter, catalyst for pride

Travis

Line said for the audience but not heard by the other characters in the play

Aside

Monologue when alone on stage

Soliloquy

A significant speech by an individual

Monologue

Something is known by the audience but not the other characters in the play

Dramatic irony

Excessive pride

Hubris

Tragic flaw

Hamartia

Peripeteia

Sudden reversal or change in fortune

Sudden and striking realization

Epiphany

Release of emotional build up by means of something

Catharsis

Quick dialogue of alternative verse between two characters

Stichomythia

Created the first play

Thespis

Added a second character to plays

Aeschylus

Added a third character to plays

Sophocles

Poorer play viewers

Groundlings

Two drastically different characters that, with their simultaneous presence, draw attention to certain attributes

Foil

Verse with no rhyme but a consistent meter

Blank verse

Poetry/ lines mimicking natural form of speech

Prose

Mean mother of family in Tartuffe

Madame Pernelle

Sinner and not represent true piety but acts like it

Tartuffe

Father of family, false devotion and extremism

Orgon

Golden mean character

Cleante

Mariane's maid

Dorine

Orgons wife

Elmire