drama final
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amusing/absurd-humor
man's relationship to society; human failings that are amusing or silly - comedy
- demons inside, innerstruggle brings about own downfall, no escape from defeat; inernal conflict
- tragedy
- the art of theater, hero's relationship to society; social and problem play
- drama
- shock the audience, superficial, exaggerated form; sensational; unexpected; stock types; plot superficial
- melodrama
- anything goes if it makes the audience laugh; consists of plysical action and coincidence; stock characters
- farce
- what do drama and literature have in common?
- characters, story, plots and themes
- how are drama and literature different?
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drama-intermediate stage performed
literature-designed for reading
Harder shifting time and place in drama, while literature is easier. Comes to life when performed on stage; live audience; costumes; make-up - reason; balance; order; comment and interpret action of play, to explain and interpret the play
- chorus (Greek drama)
- dignity of man; place in universe; eavesdrop on private thoughts
- soliloquy
- pretense action stops, whiule someone speaks directly to the audience
- aside
- discovery; social revolution; characters don't think out loud; maintain appearance of real life
- realism
- strange interlude3s allows characters to speak conscious and unconscious thoughts
- interior monologue
- tradition of greek chorus; comments on action of play
- narrator
- arranged scenery on a stage
- set
- view world as incomprehensible place; play is deliberately confusing;
- "theater of the absurd"
- the intent, or function, of the theatrical piece
- purpose
- the element of theather that refers to the specific physical actions performed by the participants
- movement
- one way that clothing can establish a character is through
- style
- this occurs once a character is defined by his or her environment and the audience develops a certain expecttation of that character
- stereotyping
- this action presents events that occur out of sequence
- non-linear
- this action follows a course of events from beginning to end
- linear
- this means the purging of an audience's emotions through a work of art
- catharsis
- the ______ is the situation, or plot, of the theatrical performance
- scenario
- the term____________ refers to both the performers and the audience
- participants
- the rules and guidelines that govern the structure of a theatrical performance are known as the _______ of theater.
- elements
- in the play medea jason was going to marry the princess of what city?
- corinth
- the geographical framework refers to
- place
- the sound element can be split into three parts those are:
- language, audio effect, and music
- smoothly; unconcerned
- blandly
- sarcastic; expecting the opposite
- ironic
- disapprovingly
- reproachfully
- sharply; abruptly
- curtly
- grievously; sorrowfully
- heavily
- mildly; humbly
- meekly
- hazily; unclearly
- vaguely
- wittily (with shallowness)
- facetiously
- with great consideration; pampering
- indulgently
- grimly humorous
- wry
- getting angry
- bristling
- forceful, stressed
- emphatic
- inflexibly; not persuadable
- inexorably
- sadly
- mournfully
- strictly; seriously
- severely
- offendedly; angrily
- indignantly
- determinedly
- resolutely
- agreeably; good naturedly
- amiably
- courteously; attentively
- gallantly
- soothing
- placating
- when was shakespeare born?
- april 23, 1564
- where was shakespeare born?
- stratford-on-avon
- what was his father's name?
- john shakespeare
- what was his father's occupation?
- glovemaker
- what was his mother's name?
- mary arden
- whom did he marry?
- anne hathaway
- shakespeare had three children. what were their names?
- susanna, hamnet, judith
- many scholars conclude that shakespeare's wife didn't go with him to london because
- she was a puritan
- one of the earliest of his poems was called venus and
- adonis
- another early poem was called the ____ of lucrece
- rape
- ovid's
- metamorphoses
- plutarch's
- lives
- holinshed's
- chronicles
- how many plays did shakespeare write?
- 37
- originally, shakespeare's acting company was called
- lord chamberlains men
- later, this acting troupe changed its name to
- the kings men
- where did shakespeare retire to?
- new place stratford-on-avon
- when did he die?
- april 23, 1616
- what caused the eventual closing of the theaters?
- puritans
- what historic event took place at about the same time as shakespeare's arrival in london?
- the defeat of the spanish navy
- what effect did that event have on the people of england?
- nationalistic pride
- name 3 early theaters of shakespears day
- the globe, the theatre, and the swan
- shakespears theater was situated next to the_______river
- thames
- what was the name of shakespears theater?
- the globe
- what was the capacity of this theater?
- 3,000
- who stood to watch the plays?
- groundlings
- where did the wealthier people sit to watch a play?
- galleries
- how did play goers know that a show would be performed that day?
- the white flag would be raised
- 1 of the 3 aparachins (an armed head) warned macbeth of what?
- beware macduf thane of fife
- 1 of the 3 aparachins (bloody child) warned macbeth of what?
- no man of woman born can touch you
- 1 of the 3 aparachins (child crowned w/a tree in his hand) warned macbeth of what?
- when birnam comes to dunsiinane hill
- where did malcolm flee to?
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