Drama Characteristics
Literature written to be acted
Drama
Comic elements inserted into serious drama to relieve dramatic tension
Comic Relief
True or false?
Shakespear's plays were expected to have elaborate paintings
Who are the 2 families in Romeo and Juliet
The Montagues and the Capulets
Verona
an introduction to a literary work
Prologue
A brief verbal expression that amuses listeners
Wit
True or false: Shakespear's scripts included rhetorical tools of literature
True
Who killed Mercutio?
Tybalt
Drama written but not acted
Closet Drama
Besting another's remark (comeback)
Repartee
What 2 forms are dramas usually written in?
Prose and verse
What happened to Romeo after he killed Tybalt?
An addition to the story's ending
Epilogue
When a character discloses their thoughts to the audience and the other characters do not hear it
Aside
What form of poetry is Romeo and Juliet MOSTLY written in?
Unrhymed
What is the theme of Romeo and Juliet's relationship (as discussed in class)
Hastiness
A type of stage where the audience is surrounding the stage on all sides
Theater in the round
When a character is "alone" and gives a speech about their innermost thoughts
Soliloquy
What form of drama writing is most common today?
Prose
Romeo killing himself, not knowing that Juliet is alive, is what form of Irony
Dramatic