Drama Flashcards
It is a printed or written text of a play.
Script
What is drama or theater?
It can be read as well as enacted on stage; a literature that is kntended to be seen and heard.
What is a playwright?
Author of theatrical play
Plot is the…
Arrangement of incidents in a story.
Characters are…
Those who cause the events to happen.
What is conflict?
It is the struggle in the story or clash between the characters in the story.
These are the source of high points (thrills, suspenses, surprise, tensions etc…)
Discovery, Reversal, Dramatic Irony
Language and idea is found where?
In the dialogues.
Dialogues are…
Speeches of the actors in a drama.
It is the speech given by just one character.
Monologue
Tragedy was derived from the Greek words…
Tragos meaning goat and ode meaning song.
What is tragedy?
Its story intended to teach religious lessons, and like biblical parables, tragedies are designed to show the right and wrong paths in life.
Tragedy ends with…
The protagonist being overcome by the forces which he opposed or tried to oppose.
Unlike tragedies, comedies end…
Happily
Originally fortunate position.
Tragic hero
