Definition: A narrative providing a history or background context, esp. for a character or situation in a literary work, film, or dramatic series.

Example: Shakespeare did give a backstory for A Midsummer Night's Dream. The reader, now a days, would not know that the Greeks had just fought the Amazonians, and won the war. 

Definition: A person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.

Examples: Shakespeare is not a realist. He likes to mix parts of his "world" into his plays, even if the plays are based in Greece. For instance, when Lysander says goodbye to Helena he says "Helena, adieu!" which is definitely not greek. Also there were no Dukes in the days of the Greeks, so Theseus could not be a Duke.

Definition: Serving as a symbol of something. Characterized by or involving the use of symbols.

Examples: Shakespeare uses a lot of symbols. For instance, in the beginning when Theseus talks to Hippolyta they talk about the moon. The moon could resemble woman, i.e. Hippolyta. Also when Hermia talks about how she will meet Lysander the next day at the woods..."by Cupid's strongest bow, By his best arrow with the golden head, By the simplicity of Venus' doves..."

Definition: An explicit comparison of two things, usually with the word "as" or "like."

Examples: When Theseus " She lingers my desires, like to a step-dame or a dowager, Long withering out a young man's revenue." And when Hippolyta talks back, "And then moon, like to a silver bow New bent i heaven, shall behold the night of our solemnities."

Definition: To express a wish to obtain, ask for, and request. Sexual appetite or a sexual urge.

Examples: "She lingers my desires..." wanting to maybe sleep with her. ?

Definition: To come into collision or disagreement, be contradicatory, at variance, or in opposition, clash. A fight, battle, or struggle, esp. a prolonged struggle.

Examples: There is a conflict between for Hermia and Lysander and Helena. Hermia and Lysander can't get married, and Helena loves Demetrius but he loves Hermia.

Definition: Recurring themes that are seen through out the play.

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Definition: Using the same subject or object, and using it in different ways. OR changing the rhythm of the verse.

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Definition: of or pertaining to a distinctive literary type

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Definition: a dramatic piece, often in verse, dealing with a somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction.

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Definition: the act of dying, or the end of life. OR destruction, and passing away.

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Definition: expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.

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Definition: Going into depth with a piece of literature. OR trying to interpret the meaning of a piece of literature.

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Definition: a line in poem that has a consistent rhythm. AND the end of the lines rhyme.

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Definition: The beat of the verse. OR where the emphasis of the stress is in a verse.

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Definition: Where verse has 2 distinct accents.

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Definition: Where there are 3 accents that are stressed in the verse.

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Definition: Where there are 4 accents that are stressed in the verse.

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Definition: Where there are 5 accents that are stressed in the verse.

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Definition: a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter

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Definition: a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms

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Definition:Verse where there is no rhyme

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Definition: A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.  OR  describing the way the couples interact.

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Definition: the ordinary way of speaking language, instead of rhythm.

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Definition: Pauses after each line. These typically add emphasis on what the character is saying.

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Definition: the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break. OR jamming everything together, and allowing the lines to continuly flow.

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Definition: The theather used back in the day of Shakespeare. Plays were held in this place.

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Definition: an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.

Bottom's misuse of words of disposition and exposition.

Definition: irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

Definition: An object or thing that has some sort of significance or backstory to it. Some thing that is used to represent a feeling or some thing other than the actual object or thing.

Example: Othello's handkerchief....

Dictionary: Usually is referring to something that is sexual, but in a weird way. It has a grotesque feeling to it.

Example: Othello's fetish of killing Desdemona and then having sex with her. Also, Oberon watching over his wife.

Definition: Hating women for one reason or another.

Example: Iago's hate for his wife and other women.

Definition: When someone ignores all the bad things of a person/thing, and sticks with it no matter what.

Example: Desdemona and Emilia's love for their respective husbands.

Definition: Referring to christianity, and maybe even in loyalty.

Example: Desdemona's faith, and how Othello tries to challenge it.

Definition: Snuff movies, and how it is kind of like a fetish. Women sometimes become sexy when they are close to death, to SOME guys.

Example: Othello

Definition: When the consenant of consecutive(semi) are the same.

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Definition: How people want to protect their honor, and what they will do at any cost to keep it.

Example: Othello (end of play), and MSND

Definition: Same as reputation.

Example: Othello death...