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Vocab Literary Terms
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Hamlet
Shakespeare
100
a play involving the downfall of the main character
What is tragedy?
100
to beg or ask someone for something
What is entreat?
100
a smaller group within a larger group who is rebellious
What is a faction?
100
the Prince of Denmark
Who is Hamlet?
100
Shakespeare's works were performed here
What is The Globe Theatre?
200
a passing comment or remark heard only by the audience
What is aside?
200
something that warns of, or predicts, a coming danger
What is portentous?
200
something that is passed from generation to generation
What is inheritance?
200
Hamlet vows to avenge the death of this person
Who is his father, the Ghost of King Hamlet?
200
Shakespeare had this many children
What is three?
300
the source of the protagonist's downfall
What is tragic flaw?
300
to lessen or reduce
What is abate?
300
extremely risky or dangerous
What is perilous?
300
"To thine own self be true" is said by this person
Who is Polonius?
300
This person was the Queen of England during Shakespeare's life
Who is Queen Elizabeth or Elizabeth?
400
the main character in a work
What is the protagonist?
400
a lament for the dead
What is dirge?
400
to overthrow or remove someone from power
What is to usurp?
400
This "adulterous beast" killed the former King of Denmark
Who is Claudius?
400
Name three of the four categories that Shakespeare's plays fall under
What is tragedy, comedy, history and romance?
500
a speech where a character is alone on stage and the audience hears his or her thoughts
What is soliloquy?
500
absolute power or supreme rule
What is sovereign?
500
the epitome of success; the best of something
What is paragon?
500
The King is killed by poison poured here
What is in his ear?
500
This happened in the year 1564
What is the birth of William Shakespeare?