Drama

Question 0

Aside

Answer 0

Again sharing feelings with the audience but is actually speaking to the audience. Ex: Malcolm in the Middle

Question 1

Soliloquy

Answer 1

When a character talks to themselves, sharing thoughts and feelings with the audience. Ex: Romeo and Juliet

Question 2

How does Aristotle define the tragic hero?

Answer 2

• usually of noble birth
• hamartia: tragic flaw that leads to downfall
• peripeteia: a reversal of fortune from characters tragic flaw
• his actions result in an increase of self awareness and self knowledge
• the audience must feel pity and fear for this character

Question 3

What are the stages if the hero’s journey?

Answer 3

Ordinary world
Call to adventure
Refusal of call
Meeting the mentor 
Crossing of threshold 
Test, enemies, allies
Approach
Ordeal, death, rebirth
Reward, seizing the sword
The road back
Resurrection
Return with elixir

Question 4

Hamartia

Answer 4

Tragic flaw

Question 5

Tragic flaw

Answer 5

Character defect that causes the downfall of the character in a tragedy

Question 6

Hubris

Answer 6

Excessive pride or self confidence

Question 7

Catharsis

Answer 7

Purging of emotions or revealing emotional tensions, especially through music and art

Question 8

Reversal

Answer 8

Change in fortune

Question 9

Recognition (anagnorisis)

Answer 9

The moment in a play where a character makes a critical discovery

Question 10

Dramatic irony

Answer 10

When the words and actions of the character have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters

Question 11

Tragic irony

Answer 11

Dramatic irony

Question 12

Chorus

Answer 12

Singers that chanted and danced and sometimes wore masks

Question 13

Dues ex machina

Answer 13

An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation