Key ideas
Most plays will usually contain a monolgue. It is also known by this term.
What is a soliloquy?
What is a flat character?
The time period which can influence the writing of any piece of literature, but is uniquely important in the performance of a play.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is this type of play.
The family drama
When writing about a dramatic piece, the length and style of the lines can reveal interesting ideas.
What is form?
What is dramatic language?
Characters speaking to each other is known as this.
What is dialogue
Sometimes these are resolved by the end of the play, sometimes they are not.
What is an issue?
Conflict exists between older and younger generations and is usually a favorite theme. Romeo and Juliet is a classic example of this.
What is youth and age?
What is structure?
The information given about how this should look at various times in the play.
What is staging?
What is motive?
This is usually a control for power and is demonstrated as a form of attack on another character.
What is a polemic?
AO3 is an extremely important part when it comes to writing about drama. It can provide insight to the reader.
What is alienation?
Any single unit of speech which might include sighs, gasps, cries, etc.
What is utterance?
The issue with Brick is never really mentioned in the play, but instead it is this.
What is nuanced?
Looks can be deceiving
What is appearance vs. reality?
This shapes the dramatic methods, structure, language, and relates to the text as a whole.
What is the writer's style?
The way in which a writer creates or constructs a character.
What is characterization?
The level of power a particular character has which can be external, emotional or physical
What is status?
The issue or concern does not exist in the abstract... it exists on the stage and on this.
What is dramatic impact or effect?
Men vs. women
What are gender debates?
What is resolved?