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| character in fiction/drama who opposes the protagonist |
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| dramatic device in wish a character addresses the audience but is not heard by other characters |
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| the objective of a tragedy - creating "pity" and "fear" onstage to help the audience purge these emotions from their own lives |
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| the development of a character through 1. his/her actions 2. his/her words/thoughts 3. what others say or think about him/her |
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| a humorous scene/incident/statement to lighten emotional intensity, while emphasizing the seriousness of the story |
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| the struggle between two opposing forces in a plot - at least one of which is "human" - creating interest, suspense, and tension |
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| an unexpected and improbable incident that "makes things turn out right" - esp. when all hope seems lost/impossible |
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| the arrangement of earlier events to "set up" or later events; foreshadowing prepares readers for what happens next |
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| the telling of a story within a story, allowing for "play" with narrators' "awareness" |
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| a recurrent/dominant thematic or structural element |
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| one who tells a narrative/story; in fiction, the narrator is the voice of the story: DO NOT CONFUSE WITH AUTHOR |
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| a story's sequence of events, not necessarily the sequence of the story itself |
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| the psychological vantage point from which the story is told, either a character w/in the story or a knowing "voice" fr. outside |
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| the chief character in a plot, the one in whom the audience invests its greatest interest and sympathy |
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| time, place, and socio-cultural "context" for the plot |
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| dramatic device in which a character stands alone on stage and "thinks out loud" her/his true thoughts |
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| a minor conflict-driven story embedded in and adding interest/insight into the main plot |
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| a central or dominating idea in a work; something like a literary work's "argument" |
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| a (usually) noble protagonist, possessed by a flaw/defect/error that proves his/her undoing |
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| creates the tone, est. the setting, introduces characters |
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| introduces the conflict thru some sort of agitating force |
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| creates the greatest emotional response and/or delivers the turning point in the plot |
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| the 2nd half of a (dramatic) plot; the events following the plot's climax leading to the "disaster" |
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| the final unraveling of the plot, the solution to the mystery,; the final resolution of action; aka resolution |
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