Drama Terms for Macbeth

A long speech when a character is alone on stage

drama that ends with the downfall or death of the main character

A private remark to one character or to the audience.

Any lines spoken by the actors on stage

A long speech by one character to another group on stage

the longest tragedy Shakespeare wrote

smaller divisions of the play within the acts

a major division of the play (usually 5)

the shortest tragedy Shakespeare wrote

an individual who portrays a character in a play or theatrical entertainment

The verse form most like everyday speech; in English, unrhymed iambic pentameter.

A work or body of works written in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

an expression used during the English Elizabethan age to describe theater audience members who paid a penny to stand around the three sides of the stage in the area called the "yard"

The Greek term used by Aristotle to describe a character's intellectual error or mistaken assumption that prompts the tragic outcome of his or her actions.

The tragic flaw of pride or arrogance that can lead a hero to disregard accepted moral codes or warnings from the gods, prompting his or her own downfall.