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GCSE English Literature · key term
A concluding speech after a play's main action, often addressed directly to the audience.
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Paper 1
Revise: Plot overviewIn the Epilogue, he asks for release “With the help of your good hands.”, inviting applause. The magician who controlled other people now depends on the spectators to let him go.
A speech delivered after the main action of a play, often addressing the audience directly.
A concluding speech or section after the main action of a play; in The Tempest, Prospero addresses the audience directly.
Connect context to particular words or actions. Medea's invocation illuminates Prospero's farewell to magic; Christian ideas of mercy illuminate the Epilogue.
Connect language to dramatic methods: commands, asides, invisible surveillance, staged punishments and the Epilogue's direct address.
Connect the extract to a relevant earlier or later moment: the storm, the harpy's judgement, Prospero's decision or the Epilogue.
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A closing speech after the main action of a play, often addressed directly to the audience.
A speech at the end of a play, often addressed directly to the audience.
A concluding speech after the main action of a play, often addressed directly to the audience.
A speech or section following the main action of a work; in drama, it may address the audience directly.
A closing speech, often addressed directly to the audience, following the main action of a play.
A speech delivered directly to the audience at the end of a play.
A concluding section that explains what happens to characters after the main action has been resolved.
Paper 1
A concluding speech or section after the main action of a play; in The Tempest, Prospero addresses the audience directly.
Revise: Plot overviewIn the Epilogue, Prospero addresses the audience and asks to be released through their applause and goodwill. Its rhyming couplets give the ending a distinct, closing rhythm. The figure who controlled others now depends on other people to set him free.
A speech delivered at the end of a play, often addressing the audience directly.
A concluding speech after the main action of a play; in The Tempest, Prospero addresses the audience directly.
A concluding speech after the main action of a play. Prospero’s Epilogue addresses the audience directly.
A speech or section delivered after the main action of a work. Prospero's Epilogue addresses the audience directly.
A concluding speech delivered after a play’s main action, often addressing the audience directly.
Paper 1
A concluding section that considers what happens after the main action and its lasting significance.
Revise: Plot overviewReturning to his home in Woking, he unexpectedly finds her alive with his cousin. Their reunion occurs here, before the Epilogue.
A concluding section that considers what follows the main events and how their meaning extends into the future.
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A concluding speech or song which can address the audience directly after the main action has ended.
Revise: FesteThe song works as an epilogue: ordinary life continues, but theatre offers recurring pleasure within it.
A concluding section that considers what happens after the main action and what those events mean.
A concluding section that looks beyond the main events of a narrative, often considering their consequences or the characters’ futures.
A speech delivered after a play's main action, often addressing the audience directly.
A concluding speech after a play’s main action; in The Tempest, Prospero addresses the audience.
An ending in which a performer addresses the audience after the main action, often reflecting on the play or asking for approval.
