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Midterm Review
• Character who serves as a contrast to another character
• Foil
• Thing belonging to another period other than that in which it exists
•Anachronism
• Play in which the main character is brought to ruin
• Tragedy
• Line made up of 10 syllables (5 stressed, 5 unstressed)
• Iambic pentameter
• Long speech expressing private thoughts while alone on stage
• soliloquy
• Story intended to be acted out in front of an audience.
•Drama
• Long speech spoken by a character while others are on stage
•Monologue
• A serious character weakness that causes a downfall
• Tragic flaw
Medea Review
•Who is the chorus composed of?
• townswomen
•Who is Medea’s divine ancestor?
•Hyperion
• How does Jason betray Medea?
•Abandons her•Marries another woman•Denies she helped him gain
his quest
• How does Glauce die?
•poison
• Aegeus is king of _________________.
• Athens
• How did Jason earn his fame as an adventurer?
•Rescued the Golden Fleece
• The play is set in _________________.
•Corinth
Julius Caesar Review
•Who persuades Caesar to stay home?
•Calphurnia
•Why does Brutus compare Caesar to a newly hatched serpent?
•Could become a tyrant
•Who tries to warn Caesar not to go to the Senate by trying to give him a letter?
•Artemidorous
•Who said “Cowards die many times before their deaths;/ The valiant never taste of death but once.”
•Caesar
•Who said, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”