Mamas
She has miscarried several times.
Who is Beatrice?
The term that identifies what is like the introduction of a play (we see one in Oedipus Rex).
What is a prologue?
The primary character for whom the reader is cheering
Who is the protagonist?
I tell you, I am a man—and I think my wife should wear some pearls!
Who is Walter, Jr. from A Raisin in the Sun?
She walks in beauty, like the night
What is a simile?
Her husband dies and leaves her with three children to raise.
Who is Ifeoma?
The term for when the audience knows something that the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
Type of characterization where the narrator tells the reader what a character is like
What is direct characterization?
Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs.
Who is Walter Younger, Jr. from ARITS?
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.
What is anaphora?
She allows her baby to be left to die on a mountain.
Who is Jocasta?
In Greek drama, they provide various types of commentary on the play.
What is the Chorus?
Character who grows and changes over the course of a play/novel
What is a dynamic character?
Ah God! It was true! / All the prophecies! / Now— Light, may I look on you for the last time!
Who is Oedipus from Oedipus Rex?
It is the star to every wandering bark
What is a metaphor?
Her daughter thinks that she has abandoned her.
Who is Mabel?
Often found in parentheses in a play, these help readers or directors better understand the characters and their actions.
What are stage directions?
Character who does not grow over the course of a play/novel
What is a static character?
Sometimes life begins when marriage ends
Who is Ifeoma from Purple Hibiscus?
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
What is assonance?
She tells her son to be the man his father was.
Who is Lena Younger?
The excessive pride often exhibited by a tragic hero
What is hubris?
Character or societal force that works in opposition to the protagonist
Who is the antagonist?
I am not your servant, but Apollo’s. / I have no need of Kreon or Kreon’s name. / Listen to me. You mock my blindness, do you?
Who is Tiresias from Oedipus Rex?
That fire, which all things melts, should harden ice,
What is a paradox?