Structure
An episode within a play
What is a scene?
Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play.
What are PROPS?
Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play
What is an ASIDE?
The physical movement of a character during a play, used to reveal character (may include facial expressions)
What is a GESTURE?
A weakness or limitation of character resulting in the fall of the tragic hero
What is a TRAGIC FLAW?
What is STAGE DIRECTION?
The spectacle a play presents in performance, including the position of actors on stage, the scenic background, the props and costumes, and the lighting and sound effects
What is STAGING?
The use of a scene to interrupt a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments.
What is COMIC RELIEF?
A speech in a play usually delivered when the character is alone on stage and speaks their thoughts aloud, revealing their innermost thoughts or feelings
What is a SOLILOQUY?
A privileged, exalted character of high repute, who, by virtue of a tragic flaw and fate, suffers a fall from glory into suffering
A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worse
What is a TRAGEDY?
The conversation of characters - characters' speech is preceded by their names.
What is DIALOGUE?
The purging of the feelings of pity and fear that, according to Aristotle, occur in the audience of tragic dram
What is CATHARSIS?
The imaginary wall of the box theater setting, supposedly removed to allow the audience to see the action and especially common in modern and contemporary plays
What is the FOURTH WALL?
A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better, and things work out happily in the end - may be either romantic (characterized by a tone of tolerance and geniality) or satiric
What is a COMEDY?
A subsidiary, subordinate, or parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot
What is a SUBPLOT?
A speech by a single character without another character's response
What is a MONOLOGUE?
What is DRAMATIC IRONY?
When the audience possesses information that one or more characters do not, creating suspense and anticipation.
Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
What is a MOTIF?
Motifs are recurring elements, images, themes or ideas that contributes to the overall meaning or structure of a play.