Shakespeare

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Adios

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Greek term for great shame felt by a hero after a failure

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amelioration

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change in which a word gains increasingly favorable connotation over time

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anagnorisis

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Greek for “recognition,”. a moment of recognition in which the protagonist realizes a key fact or idea, especially a truth about himself or human nature

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Blocking

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the spatial grouping and movement of characters on stage

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bowdlerization

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a later editor’s censorship of sexuality, profanity and political sentiment of an earlier author’s text. Generally used in a derogatory manner, as the resulting text is considered inferior. Texts published this way are “Bowdlerized,” a term coined after the Reverend Bowdler published a “family Shakespeare” devoid of what he considered “obscene” line

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cacophony

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Greek for bad sound, use of words combining harsh hissing and unmelodious sounds

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Canon

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writings of an author that scholars generally accept as genuine products of that author (i.e. The Shakespeare canon)