The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in literature is

The term for the moral flaw or weakness that leads to downfall of a major character in drama is

The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

Africa my Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs.
I have never known you
but your blood flows in my vein
Your beautiful black blood that irrigates
the field...
David Diop, 'Africa'
In the lines above, Diop uses

The figure of speech in which a character makes a statement that has or would have deep and serious implication in the play is