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OTHELLO -

Itati Giron English 19 cards

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1WILLIAM SHAKESPEARwrote 38 plays in the 1500s
2VERSE VS PROSEVERSE: rhyme, consistent number of syllables
PROSE: no meter or rhyme
3METERPattern of stressed and unstressed syllables; creates rhythm
4FOOTgroup of syllables that create metrical pattern
5BLANK VS. FREE VERSEBLANK: Unryhmed meter
FREE: No regular meter
6SONNET14 line poem
3 quatrains & 1 couplet
7QUARTRAIN VS COUPLETQUATRAIN: 4 line stanza that are rhymed
Couplet: pair of lines that rhyme
8ASIDEcharacters remark that other characters on stage arent supposed to hear
9MONOLOGUE VS SOLILOQUYMONOLOGUE: extended speech uninterrupted by characters
SoLILOQUY: speech when character is alone
10FOILCharacter who has a contrast personality compared to character in the same work
11ALLUSIONreference to bible literature or person
12TRAGEDYPlay that has a depressing downfall
audience feels pity and terror
13TRAGIC HEROgood man that is important to society
suffers fall from something in his nature
comes to an understanding of what happened
14Tragic FAlldefect of character that leads to downfall
15MOORMuslim person
symbolized the devil
16CUCKHOLDa wife who is unfaithful
17OTHELLO1604
deadly sins
Italy to Cyprus
contrast of light and dark
villain: delights in evil, is clever
theme: jealousy, love and marriage, honesty, deception
18OTHELLO PLOTman is jealous of other person who got a job that man thought he deserves and plots revenge.
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