Shakespearean Tragedy a. Definition: b. Source: 2. Shakespearean Comedy a. Definition: b. Source: 3. Dramatic Arc a. Definition: b. Source: 4. Soliloquy a. Definition: b. Source: 5. Prose a. Definition: b. Source: 6. Verse a. Definition: b. Source: 7. Iambic Pentameter a. Definition: b. Source:
1. Shakespearean Tragedy
a. Definition: A play written by William Shakespeare that portrays the downfall of a heroic character due to a tragic flaw or external circumstances.
b. Source: "Hamlet" or "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare
2. Shakespearean Comedy
a. Definition: A play written by William Shakespeare that has a happy ending and typically includes humor, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements.
b. Source: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" or "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare
3. Dramatic Arc
a. Definition: The structure of a play or story that involves a rising action, climax, and falling action.
b. Source: Literary analysis and criticism
4. Soliloquy
a. Definition: A dramatic device in which a character speaks aloud their thoughts and feelings to themselves on stage, revealing their inner thoughts to the audience.
b. Source: Shakespeare's plays such as "Hamlet" or "Macbeth"
5. Prose
a. Definition: Ordinary spoken or written language that does not have a metrical structure.
b. Source: Various works of literature including novels, essays, and speeches
6. Verse
a. Definition: Writing that has a metrical structure, often with a specific rhythm or rhyme scheme.
b. Source: Poetry and poetic works in literature
7. Iambic Pentameter
a. Definition: A metrical pattern in poetry consisting of five feet, each with one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
b. Source: Shakespeare's plays, particularly his sonnets