Dramatic Terms
A major division in a play.
study of religion
theology
Where does Satan first land on earth?
Asia (China)
Who says "The world must be peopled"?
Benedick
Character who speaks in malapropisms but who finds the truth.
Dogberry
character who undergoes an important change in the course of the play.
dynamic
an idea or concept in conflict with the orthodoxy of a religion
heresy
Since he volunteers to redeem mankind, Jesus is the epic hero of Paradise Lost. T or F?
False, Satan is, in a perverse and distorted epic model
The son of Satan is?
Death
when a character is depicted with such psychological depth and detail that he or she seems like a "real" person.
round character
mode of Biblical interpretation which holds that the events of the New Testament—especially anything concerning the life, ministry, sayings, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus—are said to be foretold by the stories, sayings, and events of the Old Testament: e.g., Jonah and the whale, Abraham and Isaac, Isaiah’s prophecy about the Messiah
typology
As Satan is speaking, what is happening?
Pandemonium is forming.
Don Pedro and Leonado set up the matchmaking by way of sending letters from Hero and Claudio. T or F?
False.
Character who offers himself a ransom for mankind.
The Son.
When a powerful deity (or fate itself) has the ability and desire to manipulate events in a character’s life, usually for the worst
cosmic irony
the freedom to depart from the facts of a matter or from the conventional rules of language when speaking or writing in order to create an effect.
poetic license
The realm in between Heaven and Hell is personified as?
Chaos
Beatrice is the last to confess her love for Benedick? T or F?
True
Character who is consumed with the streets of Gold.
Mammon
A speech by a single character without another character's response.
soliloquy
unrhymed iambic pentameter, meter in which PL is written
blank verse
What are the two distinct metaphoric smells we see in both heaven and hell?
In the play, the Prince is also known as Leonado. T or F?
False
Character who was used to pose as Hero in the affair situation.
Margaret