The Crucible Vocab

2. A situation that is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play or story.
3. complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader
6. Characters that are underdeveloped in a text
8. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
9. Characters that do not change throughout the course of a work
12. In parenthesis or italics to give extra information to the actors
15. a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
16. A solitary speech in which the actor is speaking uninterruptedly and the other characters may or may not be listening.
17. an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.

1. the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
4. People, animals, or objects who do the acting in a play
5. A solitary speech in which is the character is speaking to himself or herself
7. A story with a double meaning
10. A character breaks the fourth wall to interact with the audience
11. A conversation between two (or more) characters
13. a situation in which the outcome is contrary to what was expected
14. Characters that are well developed in a text