Mrs. Pieczynski

A narrative literary work depicting serious and important events, in which the protagonist comes to an unhappy end The protagonist is a TRAGIC HERO, one who suffers his fate due to a flaw in his personality

Exposition Inciting (Exciting) Force Rising Action Climax Falling Action Moment of Final Suspense Catastrophe

Gender Issues Ladylike vs. Women are source of evil? Cowardly or Manly? Reality vs. Illusion “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.” Power- Unrestrained ambition

Blank Verse- unrhymed, metrical lines of poetry Iambic Pentameter- 10 syllables per line, stress on the 2 nd syllable, every other syllable

Paradox-a contradiction “Fair is foul and foul is fair…”

Soliloquy-a speech alone on stage Aside-other characters “don’t hear” thoughts

Dramatic Irony-a situation in which the audience knows more than a character  Thane of Cawdor!!!

Personification-When human qualities are used to describe something nonhuman “If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without my stir.”

Inflection- a rise or fall in pitch or tone “Is execution done on Cawdor?”

Stress- emphasis on a word or syllable “He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.”

Apostrophe-A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something nonhuman as if it were present and capable of responding “Stars, hide your fires. Let not light see my black and deep desires.”

Subtext-the underlying meaning beneath the words “He that’s coming must be provided for…”

Simile-A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a connective word such as “like” or “as” “Your face, my thane, is as a book where men may read strange matters.” Metaphor-does not use like or as

Symbol-something that represents something else Blood=Guilt Colors: White Black Red “My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.”

Comic Relief- a moment of humor after tension

Simile-A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a connective word such as “like” or “as” “Your face, my thane, is as a book where men may read strange matters.” Metaphor-does not use like or as “There’s daggers in men’s smiles…”