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“The rest is silence.”

A soliloquy is a speech given by a character in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience. An aside is a brief comment made by a character in a play that is meant to be heard only by the other characters on stage.

The novel is about a young woman who is trying to find her place in the world and the man who is trying to find himself.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because it is the story of two young lovers who are not able to be together in the end.

Capulet is the father of Juliet. He is a wealthy man and is very protective of his daughter.

Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist who became famous after she refused to give up her bus seat to a white person.

Odysseus is motivated to dress as a beggar in order to gain information about his surroundings and to gain the trust of those he meets.

The epic poem Beowulf is about a hero who saves a kingdom from a monster.

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the characters do not. For example, the audience knows that Hamlet is feigning madness, but the characters do not.

In “The Necklace,” alliteration is used to create a sense of luxury and sophistication. For example, the narrator describes the necklace as “a string of pearls that was worth at least five hundred francs.”