Drama Terms

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

Events that make up a story arch & is eventually resolved

Question 2

Theme

Answer 2

The idea or moral of the story

Question 3

Protagonist

Answer 3

Central character

Question 4

Antagonist

Answer 4

Nemesis of the protagonist

Question 5

Setting

Answer 5

Typically utilized to heighten a particular mood or emotion

Question 6

Overall Setting

Answer 6

General setting for a complete drama or story

Question 7

Immediately Setting (for a scene)

Answer 7

Refers to the geographical location or the particular parts of a scene

Question 8

Soliloquy

Answer 8

A monologue where a character speaks to themself but expresses their thoughts, concerns, and/ or emotions to the audience (doesn’t 4th wall break)

Question 9

Aside

Answer 9

A character addresses the audience directly but not overheard by the other characters (shorter than soliloquy and DOES 4th wall break)

Question 10

Tragedy

Answer 10

Character experiences inevitable reversal of fortune (triggered by unrealized flaw of the character)

Question 11

Tragic Flaw

Answer 11

The trait or quality of a tragic character that prompts their fall

Question 12

Tragic Hero

Answer 12

The main protagonist in a tragedy of “higher estate” (has a good soul at first but the “flaw” makes them down spiral to their demise)

Question 13

Foil

Answer 13

A character who serves to highlight the distinctive temperament of the protagonist (sidekick?)

Question 14

3 main things a tragedy needs

Answer 14

1. Unrealized flaw
2. A fraught/ flaw that causes the fall
3. “Higher state” for the main protagonist