History of Drama Aristotle ----- Final Flashcards
What are the 6 elements of Drama?
Plot Theme Character Diction/Language/Dialogue Music/Rhythm Spectacle
The sound, rhythm and melody of the speech
Plot Theme Character Diction/Language/Dialogue Music/Rhythm Spectacle
Music/Rhythm
What happens in a play, the order of events, the story as opposed to the theme. What happens rather than what it means.
Plot Theme Character Diction/Language/Dialogue Music/Rhythm Spectacle
Plot
The personality or part an actor represents in a play
Plot Theme Character Diction/Language/Dialogue Music/Rhythm Spectacle
Character
What the play means as opposed to what happens, the main idea within the play. usually the theme is implied rather than stated and can be interpreted a certain way.
Plot Theme Character Diction/Language/Dialogue Music/Rhythm Spectacle
Theme
The pattern of speech, pauses, dialect and rhyme
Plot Theme Character Diction/Language/Dialogue Music/Rhythm Spectacle
Music/Rhythm
The Word choice made by the play wright and the enunciation of the actors delivering the lines.
Plot Theme Character Diction/Language/Dialogue Music/Rhythm Spectacle
Diction/Language/Dialogue
The visual elements of the production of a play, scenery, costumes and special effects in a production.
Plot Theme Character Diction/Language/Dialogue Music/Rhythm Spectacle
Spectacle
Was popular in Shakespeare’s day. But probably originated with the Seneca and the Greek play wright.
Revenge Tragedy
A secret murder, usually of a good King by the next King who is usually bad
Revenge Tragedy
A ghostly visitation of the murder victim to a young kinsman, generally a son.
Revenge Tragedy
A period of disguise intrigue or plot in which the murderer and the avenger scheme against each other with a slowly rising body count.
Revenge Tragedy
A descent into either real or feigned maddness
Revenge Tragedy
An eruption of general violence at end
Revenge Tragedy
A catastrophe that utterly decimates the personae including the avenger.
Revenge Tragedy
