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Drama Flashcards

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The english meaning of greek word for drama

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“To act, to do, or perform”

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Imitation of life or nature

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Mimesis

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3
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Used to inform, educate, and entertain

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Drama

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4
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Aristotle’s elements of drama

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Plot
Characters 
Theme
Dialogue
Music
Spectacle
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5
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Mother of all arts

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Drama

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6
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Other term for plot

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Mythos

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7
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“The soul of tragedy” - Aristotle

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Plot

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8
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Arrangement of events in a story

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Plot

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9
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Most important element of drama

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Plot

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10
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Aristotle’s Plot

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Beginning
Middle
Ending

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Horace’s Plot

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First to advocate 5 Art Structure

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12
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3 Art Structure: Beginning, Middle, End

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Aristotle’s Plot

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13
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First to advocate 5 art structure

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Horace

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14
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German who made Gustav’s Pyramid

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Gustav Freytag

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15
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Resolved conflicts, catharsis

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Resolution

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16
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Leads audience to climax, complications arise

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Rising action

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18
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Coming to end, wraps up

Clear winner-loser

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Falling action

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19
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Audience learns setting, characters are developed, conflict is introduced

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Exposition

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19
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Turning point of play
Major suspense !!!
Change in hero’s journey

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Climax

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20
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Other term for resolution

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Denouement

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21
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The characters that flip personalities by the end / change over time

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Dynamic characters

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22
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Second most important element of drama

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Characters

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22
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Complements major characters, helps move plot along

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Minor characters

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24
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Characters that are presented briefly or only has one personality

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Flat characters

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25
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The stereotypical characters that don’t change over time

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Static Characters

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26
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Character with complex personality, most human-like

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Round Character

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27
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Character that is vital to plot development, plot revolves around them

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Major Character

28
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How an author presents the character’s personality

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Characterization

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Character’s personality is shown through speech, actions, appearance

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Indirect characterization

31
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5 methods of indirect characterization

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Speech
Thoughts
Effect on others
Actions
Looks
32
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Main idea

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Theme

33
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Speech of characters in drama

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Dialogue

34
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Latin for alone

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Solus

35
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It is the greek for single

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Monos

36
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reader is directly told about character’s personality

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Direct characterization

37
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Latin for to speak

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Loqui

38
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Greek for to speak

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Legein

39
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Long speech from character to audience

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Monologue

40
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Short speech or comment where actors pretend not to hear you

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Aside

41
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Visual elements of play

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Spectacle

42
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It is a speech to oneself

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Soliloquy

43
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One of the oldest forms of drama

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Comedy

44
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“Comedy is the destruction to the self”

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Plato

45
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“Positive for society, brings happiness”

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Aristotle

46
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Pleasant atmosphere, happy ending

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Comedy

47
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3 categories of comedy

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Romantic
Satirical
Farce

48
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Most popular comedy

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Romantic

49
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Main theme of this comedy is love which leads to a happy ending

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Romantic comedy

50
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Its subject is human vice and folly (comedy)

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Satirical

51
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The rhythm of actor’s voices

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Music

52
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This comedy has highly exaggerated characters

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Farce comedy

53
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Goat song

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Tragoidia

54
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The master of satirical comedy

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Aristophanes

55
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Perfect tragedy - aristotle

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Oedipus rex

56
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Who was the author of oedipus rex

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Sophocles

57
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Three unities of drama

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Time
Place
Action

58
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Unity wherein there is no change of place/not too far

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Unity of place

59
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Comes from the greek word tragoidia

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Tragedy

60
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Unity where events move toward a common goal

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Unity of action

61
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Excessive pride

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Hubris

62
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Unavoidable fate

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Nemesis

63
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Actions should take place in short internal chronology

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Unity of time

64
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Reversal of fate

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Peripeteia

66
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Audience’s feeling of pity or fear

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Catharsis

67
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Moment of critical discovery

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Anagnorisis

69
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Tragic flaw of a hero

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Hamartia

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