Terms Test (Film And Literature)

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antagonist

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a character who stands in direct opposition to the protagonist, both restricting and inciting action

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anti-hero

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the protagonist of a modern story, who, having both good and bad features, deviates from the model of virtue we usually find in the popular hero

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conflict

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the struggle that grows from the interplay of two opposing forces

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Eros

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The god of Love who represents the self sustaining drive in humans, as opposed to the self destructive one.

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Foreshadowing

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the use of incidents, character, tone, imagery dialogue and symbolism to suggest what lies ahead in the story

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Irony

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An expression in art wherein the actual intent is expressed in words or gestures which carry a different or opposite meaning

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Metadrama

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a story which takes it's own dramatic processes as a thematic issue

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Motif

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the underlying pattern of repetition (or opposition) in a story. Recurring images, words, phrases, objects, or actions that unify a story and give it meaning are motifs

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Protagonist

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The chief character in literature or film

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symbol

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On the most literal level, a symbol is something which is itself and yet stands for something more.

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setting

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a story's location is time and space as well as climate

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analysis

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breaking something down into its parts or functions in order to learn how they make up the whole

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archetype

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a literary symbol, motif, image, character ect.., which tends to elicit a common response from people of widely separate time and space

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epiphany

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this term designates a moment when the essential nature of something is suddenly perceived

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epistemology

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a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods and limits of human knowledge

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Gothic Story

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a from of writing in which magic, mystery and horror are central to the plot

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peripeteia

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A change in fortune experienced by the protagonist from good to bad, bad to worse, or bad to good

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pluralism

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a term applied to a philosophical belief that there is no single set of truths or laws. This attitude gives validity to the perception of each unique mind

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satire

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Criticism of vice and folly typically aimed at human institutions; it is designed to inspire change

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theme

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a generalization about human life that can be drawn from the conflict and resolution in a story.

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Tragedy

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According to Voltaire. "tragedy is a pattern in which theory is destroyed by fact."

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Catharsis

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This is when the appropriate representation of an "action" arouses fear and pity, enabling the audience to experience a release of those emotions

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Verneinung

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This german term meaning "denial." Sigmund Freud used this term to denote a phenomenon of consciousness wherein truth is derived from a person's excessive protestations to the opposite