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57 Cards in this Set
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Sophocles |
Oedipus |
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Shakespeare |
Hamlet |
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Ibsen |
A Dolls' House |
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Miller |
Death of a Salesman |
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Hansberry |
A Raisin in the Sun |
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Stoppard |
Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead |
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Main character of Oedipus Rec |
Oedipus |
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Wife to Oedipus |
Jocasta |
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Right hand man to Oedipus |
Creonte |
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Blind seer in Oedipus |
Tiresias |
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Love interest of Hamlet |
Ophelia |
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Main character of Hamlet |
Hamlet |
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Father to Ophelia and Laertes, chief counselor to Claudius |
Polonius |
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King of Denmark, uncle to Hamlet |
Claudius |
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Brother to Ophelia, kills Hamlet |
Laertes |
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Mother of Hamlet |
Gertrude |
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Friend of Nora |
Mrs. Linde |
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Friend of the Helmers and in love with Nora and dying |
Dr. Rank |
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Friend of Nora |
Mrs. Linde |
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Woman leader in a Dolls house, is a doll |
Nora |
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Maid to the Helmers |
Anne- Marrie |
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Main character of DOAS, flashbacks, dies |
Willy |
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Wife of Willy |
Linda |
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Older brother of Willy, recently died |
Ben |
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Youngest son of Willy, business |
Happy |
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Eldest son of Willy |
Biff |
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Neighbor and long time friend of the Loman's |
Charley |
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Sister of Walter and daughter of mama, angry |
Beneatha |
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Brother to Beneatha, wants business and opportunity, father of the family |
Walter |
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Beneatha's love interest from Nigeria |
Asagai |
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Mother of family, pregnant |
Ruth |
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Mother of Walter and Beneatha, pretty much runs the show, religious |
Mama |
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Love interest of Beneatha who is rich and very assimilated |
George |
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Son of Ruth and Walter, catalyst for pride |
Travis |
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Line said for the audience but not heard by the other characters in the play |
Aside |
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Monologue when alone on stage |
Soliloquy |
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A significant speech by an individual |
Monologue |
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Something is known by the audience but not the other characters in the play |
Dramatic irony |
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Excessive pride |
Hubris |
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Tragic flaw |
Hamartia |
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Peripeteia |
Sudden reversal or change in fortune |
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Sudden and striking realization |
Epiphany |
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Release of emotional build up by means of something |
Catharsis |
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Quick dialogue of alternative verse between two characters |
Stichomythia |
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Created the first play |
Thespis |
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Added a second character to plays |
Aeschylus |
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Added a third character to plays |
Sophocles |
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Poorer play viewers |
Groundlings |
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Two drastically different characters that, with their simultaneous presence, draw attention to certain attributes |
Foil |
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Verse with no rhyme but a consistent meter |
Blank verse |
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Poetry/ lines mimicking natural form of speech |
Prose |
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Mean mother of family in Tartuffe |
Madame Pernelle |
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Sinner and not represent true piety but acts like it |
Tartuffe |
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Father of family, false devotion and extremism |
Orgon |
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Golden mean character |
Cleante |
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Mariane's maid |
Dorine |
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Orgons wife |
Elmire |