NEW KNOWLEDGE
1.Alexander the Great 亞歷山大大帝:was a King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to Egypt and into northwest ancient India.
2.de=>down,away from(ex.detach-撕掉)
e.g. It helps them detach themselves from their problems and become more objective.
3.dramatic irony:in literature, a plot device in which the audience’s or reader’s knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters. The words and actions of the characters therefore take on a different meaning for the audience or reader than they have for the play’s characters.
4.stumble=跌倒
e.g. As he drew abreast of the man he pretended to stumble.
5.fatal attraction,fatal woman/femme fatale(Salome)=>stock character固定角色
Salome
6.fate(無法選擇的命運)v.s.destiny(可選擇的命運)
7.enchantress=女巫
e.g. A foul enchantress turned me into a frog.
8.Oedipus complex戀母情結:a child's desire to have sexual relations with the parent of the opposite sex (i.e. males attracted to their mothers, and females attracted to their fathers).
9.Thespis:father of tragedy,was the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play,he is said to have introduced the first principal actor in addition to the chorus.
10.tragic flaw:a literary term that refers to a personality trait of a main character that leads to his or her downfall, a character with a tragic flaw is in need of some kind of attitude adjustment. In this kind of story, the main character is sometimes also called the tragic hero.
11.hubris=pride,show me some hubris
e.g. There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.
12.tragic hero:Some examples of classic tragic heroes are Hamlet and Captain Ahab. Both of these guys had to deal with tough decisions and strange twists of fate, and they end up dead by the end of the story.
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