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TRAGEDY definition
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A tragedy "deals with a protagonist who decides on a course of action against what the audience knows are impossible odds. The protagonist suffers as a result of a decision...between personal objectives and the order of the universe. Tragedy involves a net that tightens around the protagonist in spitr of and even because of efforts to escape it.
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allusion
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reference to a person, place or thing in history, mythology, religion, pop culture or in another work of literature
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mood
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feeling that an auther creates for a reader (suspense, horror, comedy)
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tone
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writer's implied attitude towards his subject and audience
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character foil
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character who stands opposite another character's attributes
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MOTIF definition
Willy Loman motifs |
repetition of specific words or phrases with a means of revealing character's attitudes thereby making the reader or listener aware of the character's view on life...motifs unify and assist in developing insights not only into the character's dominant traits but also into the meaning the writer wants to incorporate into his work
-"well-liked" -"boxed in" -cheating/lying/stealing -"woods are burning" -"isn't that remarkable" -debts -vital to New England |
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flashback
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an account of an episode, or an event that happened before the story starts
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foreshadowing
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hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later in a narrative
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theme definition
Death of a Salesman theme |
the writers message...
*American Dream is a falasy and is too idealistic for Americans* |
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characterization
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the way an author shapes a charater
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TRAGIC FIGURE
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...usually the main character or protagonist in a story who suffers because of a decision. the character is traped after trying to escape and goes against impossible odds. they recognize their own doom and their wants go against fate. A tragic figure also is tightened by a net to which they cannot escape.
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How are Ethan and WIlly tragic figures?
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both try to escape their problems
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BOOK TITLE
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Death of a Salesman- Arthur Miller,
Ethan Frome- Edith Wharton, The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne |
