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SoliloquySoliloquy
• Def. A speech wherein a character speaks his thoughts aloud while he is alone. This is used to reveal thoughts or convey mood.
“Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; for I mine own gained knowledge should profane if I would time expend with such a snipe but for my sport and profit.”
- Iago (Othello I, iii)
Allusion
• Def: A reference, usually brief, to a presumably familiar person, place or thing.
“She hath Dian’s wit, and in strong proof of chastity well armed…”
- Romeo (R & J I,i)
Aside
• Def: A speech or comment which is only audible to the audience or specific characters, excluding other characters on stage.
• “O constancy, be strong upon my side, set a huge mountain ‘tween my heart and tongue!”
- PortiaJulius Caesar II, iv
Personification
• Def: The giving of human qualities to inhuman things to enhance meaning.
• “Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth, thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open…”
- Romeo (R & J, V, iii)
The Pun
Def: A play on words used for comic relief or dramatic irony.
“Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”
- Mercutio R & J III,i
The Pun
Def: A play on words used for comic relief or dramatic irony.
“Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”
- Mercutio R & J III,i
Dramatic Irony
Def: The structuring of the drama so that the audience knows things that certain characters on stage don’t.
• “Beauty’s ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death’s pale flag is not advanced there.”
- Romeo, (R & J, V, iii)
Metaphor
Def: a seemingly illogical comparison of two things which imparts a deeper meaning upon both.
“…Juliet is the sun.” -Romeo
(R & J, II, I)
Oxymoron
• Def: a compressed paradox by linking two contradictory terms in a phrase
• “O heavy lightness, serious vanity, misshapen chaos of well seeming forms.”
- Romeo (R & J, I,i)
Tragic Hero/Flaw
• Def: A heroic character’s weakness or error that leads to his/her downfall.
“I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this-killing myself, to die upon a kiss.”
Othello (Othello, V, ii)