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Unity of time

A 24 hour period

Tragic hero

A man of noble stature and posses extraordinary powers, but he is not simply all saint or all sinner, all good or all evil.

Hamartia

A frailty, tragic flaw. Usually a positive quality in excess or disproportion; therefore, the character's downfall lets the reader or audience recognize that disaster may be brought about because of mistakes any human might make and we therefore can identify with the hero and sympathize with his or her predicament.

Catharsis

The playwright uses pity and fear to purge our emotions

Anagnorisis

The hero comes to the point of recognition of his or her mistakes; the protagonist acknowledges his or her own place in the cosmic scheme and recognizes his own errors that have led to the tragedy

Anagnorisis

The hero comes to the point of recognition of his or her mistakes; the protagonist acknowledges his or her own place in the cosmic scheme and recognizes his own errors that have led to the tragedy

Tragedy

Begins in prosperity and ends in adversity

Ironic

The tone of tragedy is often...

Outside forces

Usually in tragedy _______ _______ beyond the hero's control are involved.

The punishment exceeds the crime

We feel not that the hero got what he deserved, but that the retribution resulted in a waste of human potential.

Ironic

The tone of tragedy is often...

Tragedy, melodrama

_______ confronts good and evil with unblinking honesty, but __________ escapes from life

Tragedy, melodrama

___________ considers the eternal spiritual problems, but _________ deals with the transitory, the material, and the physical

Melodrama

____________ avoids thought or controversy and does not face problems-- it has a strong sentimental appeal

Melodrama

In ____________, everything is black and white-- all heroes solid gold and villains black through and through

Melodrama

An oversimplified conflict between absolute good and evil; plot is emphasized over character development

Farce

______ is to comedy what melodrama is to tragedy.

Farce

to entertain and has little intellectual content or symbolic significance and is not concerned with presenting a message

Farce

The comedy of situation, featuring a structure of exaggerated action and low comedy that exploits the physical (bodily humor, mostly).

Asides

the character addresses the audience and other characters are unable to hear

Soliloquies

The character remains alone on stage and reveals his thoughts

Outside forces

Usually in tragedy _______ _______ beyond the hero's control are involved.

Deus ex machina

god out of a machine-- an extraordinary or illogical event that solves all the problems

Chorus

In Greek tragedy, 15 men chanting in unison to express the thoughts of the common man

Flat

Poorly developed characters

Static

Characters who don't grow or change significantly over the course of the drama

Round

Well-developed characters

Dynamic

Characters who are transformed over the course of the play

Foil

This character sets off the highlights of protagonists choric figures



These characters comment from an object distance stock characters



(i.e., the handy villain, dupe, wise man, the foolish oss, the lovable drunk, etc.)

The punishment exceeds the crime

We feel not that the hero got what he deserved, but that the retribution resulted in a waste of human potential.

Organic unity

Logical cause-and-effect progression the interdependence of all elements of a work, including character, actions, speeches, descriptions, thoughts, and observations.

Tragedy

________ usually investigates spiritual values and struggles, and the tragic tension is built on inner conflicts that test the protagonist's integrity. The hero is not white-washed and idealized nor the black hearted villain of melodrama.

Comedy

From the Greek word "komos" meaning celebration or merrymaking; it arose from the celebration of the rebirth of Dionysus)



It is the opposite of tragedy and addresses the regeneration or reformation of a group of people or a society; it begins in adversity and ends in prosperity.



Aims at catharsis through laughter and amusement to remind us of our human frailties.

Tragedy

From "Tragos" in Greek, meaning "goat"



May have come from the goat being sacrificed as part of the original improvised ritual honoring Dionysus


or


The chorus who wore the goatskins for costumes


or


The goat which was offered as a prize in the early choral contests

Tragicomedy

A mixture of comedy and tragedy (most plays do contain elements of both)

Melodrama

Combines two Greek words meaning music and drama (at one point, it meant "opera")



Seriousness is a pretense because the writer is concerned mostly with theatrical values and so rigs and manipulates the plot toward escape and rescue; usually culminates in a happy ending.



(Also known as "Escapist Drama")

Tragedy, melodrama

_______ examines values, but _________ exploits action

Ironic

The tone of tragedy is often...

Tragedy, melodrama

_______ confronts good and evil with unblinking honesty, but __________ escapes from life

Tragedy, melodrama

___________ considers the eternal spiritual problems, but _________ deals with the transitory, the material, and the physical

Melodrama

____________ avoids thought or controversy and does not face problems-- it has a strong sentimental appeal

Melodrama

In ____________, everything is black and white-- all heroes solid gold and villains black through and through

Melody

An oversimplified conflict between absolute good and evil; plot is emphasized over character development

Farce

______ is to comedy what melodrama is to tragedy.

Farce

to entertain and has little intellectual content or symbolic significance and is not concerned with presenting a message

Farce

The comedy of situation, featuring a structure of exaggerated action and low comedy that exploits the physical (bodily humor, mostly).

Asides

the character addresses the audience and other characters are unable to hear

Soliloquies

The character remains alone on stage and reveals his thoughts

Outside forces

Usually in tragedy _______ _______ beyond the hero's control are involved.

Deus ex machina

god out of a machine-- an extraordinary or illogical event that solves all the problems

Chorus

In Greek tragedy, 15 men chanting in unison to express the thoughts of the common man

Flat

Poorly developed characters

Static

Characters who don't grow or change significantly over the course of the drama

Round

Well-developed characters

Dynamic

Characters who are transformed over the course of the play

Foil

This character sets off the highlights of protagonists choric figures



These characters comment from an object distance stock characters



(i.e., the handy villain, dupe, wise man, the foolish oss, the lovable drunk, etc.)

The punishment exceeds the crime

We feel not that the hero got what he deserved, but that the retribution resulted in a waste of human potential.

Organic unity

Logical cause-and-effect progression the interdependence of all elements of a work, including character, actions, speeches, descriptions, thoughts, and observations.

Tragedy

________ usually investigates spiritual values and struggles, and the tragic tension is built on inner conflicts that test the protagonist's integrity. The hero is not white-washed and idealized nor the black hearted villain of melodrama.

Comedy

From the Greek word "komos" meaning celebration or merrymaking; it arose from the celebration of the rebirth of Dionysus)



It is the opposite of tragedy and addresses the regeneration or reformation of a group of people or a society; it begins in adversity and ends in prosperity.



Aims at catharsis through laughter and amusement to remind us of our human frailties.

Tragedy

From "Tragos" in Greek, meaning "goat"



May have come from the goat being sacrificed as part of the original improvised ritual honoring Dionysus


or


The chorus who wore the goatskins for costumes


or


The goat which was offered as a prize in the early choral contests

Tragicomedy

A mixture of comedy and tragedy (most plays do contain elements of both)

Melodrama

Combines two Greek words meaning music and drama (at one point, it meant "opera")



Seriousness is a pretense because the writer is concerned mostly with theatrical values and so rigs and manipulates the plot toward escape and rescue; usually culminates in a happy ending.



(Also known as "Escapist Drama")

Tragedy, melodrama

_______ examines values, but _________ exploits action