Across
- 3. Hinting at what is to come –sometimes through an object that becomes important later in the play
- 7. A type of drama in which characters experience a reversal in fortune, usually for the worse
- 9. A secondary character whose situation parallels the main character’s
- 10. The major division in a play; can be divided into scenes
- 11. A conversation between two or more characters
- 12. A hero’s weakness, usually resulting in his/her demise
- 13. When a character says something to the audience that isn’t heard by the other characters
- 14. The arrogant pride in a character that will ultimately lead to his/her downfall
- 16. The invisible division between the characters and the audience
- 17. A group of characters (esp. in a Greek tragedy) who act like narrators and comment on the action without participating
- 18. A dramatic work in which the main theme is triumph over adverse circumstances
- 21. The playwright’s instructions to the actors
- 22. An introductory speech that introduces background information or characters
Down
- 1. A parallel or smaller plot that coexists with the main action of the play
- 2. A character or force against which another character struggles
- 4. A character who undergoes little to no inner change
- 5. This person undergoes an important change or development during the play
- 6. The events in the play
- 8. The main character in the literary work-the one we "root for"
- 15. A character’s main drive or purpose
- 19. Lines spoken by only one character
- 20. A subdivision of an act – one event or conversation