Characters | Quotes | Comedy | Parts of Drama | Random |
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Who is Mrs. Wright?
The name of the woman in Trifles who murders her husband
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Who is Marcellus?
The character who said:
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." |
What is slapstick?
The type of comedy associated with physical humor.
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What is the plot?
The organization of the action.
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What is "Jury of Her Peers"?
The other name for the play "Trifles".
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Who is Hamlet?
The Prince of Denmark
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Who is Mrs. Hale?
The character who said:
"We call it--knot it, Mr. Henderson." |
What is caricature?
The type of comedy that exaggerates certain features of a person.
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What is exposition?
The background you need to understand the story.
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What is Wittenberg?
The University where Horatio and Hamlet studied.
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Who is Ophelia?
The daughter of Polonius
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Who is Hamlet?
The character who said:
"O that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!" |
What is parody?
The type of comedy that imitates an idea to make fun of it.
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What is thought?
The ideas generated by the play and the effect on the audience.
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What is drowning in the river?
How Ophelia dies.
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Who is Reynaldo?
The servant of Polonius
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Who is Algernon?
The character who said:
“Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury. A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.” |
What is satire?
The type of comedy characterized by wittiness and intellectuality.
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What is diction?
The language and dialogue used.
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What is bunburying?
The word Oscar uses for "leading a double life" or "hiding secrets".
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Who is Lady Bracknell?
Algernon's aunt and Gwendolyn's mother
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Who is Charley?
The character who said:
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine . . . A salesman is got to dream, boy." |
What is Commedia dell'arte?
The type of comedy that includes young lovers, clown characters, and stalk characters.
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What is spectacle?
Everything you see.
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Who are Fortinbras, Horatio, and Osric?
The surviving characters in Hamlet.
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