Perrine's Literature Structures, Sound, & Sense 11th Ed. (Drama)
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Through actors
First way drama presents its actions.
On a stage
Second way drama presents its actions.
Before an audience
Third way drama presents its actions.
Soliloquy
A speech which a character, alone on stage, addresses himself or herself.
Aside
A brief speech in which a character turns from the person being addressed to speak directly to the audience.
Catharsis
Emotional release.
Hamartia
Criminal act committed in ignorance of some material fact or even for the sake of a greater good.
Scornful Comedy
Type of comedy whose main purpose is to expose and ridicule human folly, vanity, or hypocrisy.
Romantic Comedy
A type of comedy whose likable and sensible main characters are placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at the end of the play. Either attaining their ends or having their good fortunes restored.
Melodrama
Like tragedy, attempts to arouse feelings of fear and pity, but it does so ordinarily through cruder means.
Farce
More consistently than comedy. Is aimed at rousing explosive laughter.
But again, the means are cruder.
Person of importance
First element of Shakespearean tragic heroes.
Become obsessed
Second element of Shakespearean tragic heroes.
Obsession reveals flaw
Third element of Shakespearean tragic heroes.
Flaw leads to catastrophe/death
Fourth element of Shakespearean tragic heroes.
Exposition
Act I of Shakespearean plays.
Rising Action
Act II of Shakespearean plays.
Climax
Act III of Shakespearean plays.
Falling Action
Act IV of Shakespearean plays.
Catastrophe/Death
Act V of Shakespearean plays.
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