Vocabulary list 1

Irony: a type of usually humorous expression in which you say the opposite of what you intend.

Stage direction: a description or instruction in the text of a play that explains how the play should be performed.

National psyche: or the “soul” of a nation, to explain why some public events can trigger a commotion 

Scene Change: setting gets reorganised.

Disillusionment: a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

Regret: feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that one has done or failed to do).

Idyll: an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque period or situation, typically an idealized or unsustainable one.

Myth: a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.”ancient Celtic myths”.

Tragedy: an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.

Comedy: professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.

Hubris: excessive pride or self-confidence.

Nemesis: the inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall.

Tragic Flaw: less technical term for hamartia.

Monologue: a long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme.

Soliloquy: an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Anti-Hero: a central character in a story, film, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.

Symbol: a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.

Motif: a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern.

Theme: the subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic.

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