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1 THEATRICAL TERMS FOR MACBETH

2 DIALOGUE Two or more characters talking

3 MONOLOGUE One character making a long speech

4 SOLILOQUY A special monologue where the character is alone on stage (or isolated) and expresses his or her inner thoughts

5 ASIDE A quick private comment or chat between two characters, or a character and the audience, or the character and himself

6 STAGE DIRECTION/ IMBEDDED STAGE DIRECTION Stuff that tells the actor how to move, enter, exit, etc. Imbedded stage directions are in the lines themselves

7 DRAMATIC IRONY When the audience knows something the characters do not

8 TRAGIC HERO A character (usually in Shakespeare) that is better than the average man. However, he fails due to his tragic flaw.

9 TRAGIC FLAW The character flaw (greed, ambition, procrastination) the tragic hero has that causes his downfall.

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