Vocabulary for Shakespeare's Hamlet |
Act Iportentous
invulnerable malicious filial prodigal vow pernicious ambiguous Download the Act I vocabulary exercises here. |
Act IIafflict
discretion entreat beseech contrive paragon appurtenance epitaph Download the Act II vocabulary exercises here. |
Act IIIcommingled
knavish contagion sinews visage piteous scourge Download the Act III vocabulary exercises here. |
Act IVdivulging
discord replication convocation imminent superfluous abatements Download the Act IV vocabulary exercises here. |
Act V |
Week 25
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transgress
infernal guile affliction contention |
ignominy
impetuous desolation reiterated malice |
Week 21
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Shakespearean sonnet
Petrarchan sonnet quatrains couplet turn volta iambic pentameter |
Week 13
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romance hero
righteous prevailed |
dissuade
brandishing piteous |
Week 12
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irony - a contrast or discrepancy between expectations and reality- between what is said and what is meant, between what is expected and what actually happens, or between what appears to be true and what actually is true.
narrator - one who tells, or narrates, a story |
avarice
abominable superfluity grisly adversary pallor prudent transcend credentials absolve |
reprove
concede extort disperses contemptuous bequest prowess temporal capacity pestilence |
Week 10
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agility
eminent accrue arbitrate benign |
guile
obstinate frugal duress |
Week 9
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facetious
diffident auspicious kinetic plagiarize usurp frame story |
Week 6
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arete
epic simile (Homeric simile) In medias res flashback stock epithet |
groveling
gallant scourge fawning |
Week 5 |
foil
austere decreed contortion squall |
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Week 2
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Week 1 |
analyze
text universal culture language values universal literature |