Drama Devices

Front 1

Define Drama

Back 1

the specific mode of fiction represented in performance

Front 2

Define Play

Back 2

the written piece

Front 3

Define Production

Back 3

a performance of a play

Front 4

Define Playwright

Back 4

the author of the play

Front 5

Define Context

Back 5

the time period in which it was written, the playwrights biography the language of the play.

Front 6

Define Greek Drama

3 in Total

Back 6

Tragedy
Comedy
Satyr Play

Front 7

Define Tragedy

Back 7

it dramatize the conflict between the vitality of the individuals life and the laws, or limits, of life.

Front 8

Define Tragic Hereo

Back 8

Going beyond a normal person would do but will cost them their life

Front 9

Define Tragic Flaw

( H A M A R T I A )

Back 9

A tragic flaw might be on something like gullibility

Front 10

Define Chorus

Back 10

A group of charcatersin Greek Tragedy who comment on the action but play without participation.

Front 11

Define how many Irony in Tragedy ? And Name them.

Back 11

2

Ironic Deeds
Ironic Speeches

Front 12

Define Ironic Deeds

Think of Oedipus and to Banish the murder of King Laius

Back 12

These have consequences more or less the reverse of what the doer intends

Front 13

Define Ironic Speeches

Think of you know Oedipus fate but he doesnt know himsef

Back 13

The speakers means one thing but has more significant to the audience

Front 14

Define reversal

Back 14

When a deed backfires or has a reversed affect

Front 15

Define recognition

Back 15

When a character comes to perceive what has happened

Front 16

Define Purgation

Think of "Thank goodness it didnt happen to me"

Back 16

The views get a sense of relief

Front 17

Define Comedy

Back 17

It dramatizes the vitality of the laws of social life.