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(39.)
Drama BIFF LOMAN: "I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been." - Miller, Death of a Salesman Why did Biff make the above statement in the second act of the play? (1) He lied about what he did for a living. (2) His mother lied to him about his childhood. (3) He was trying to live like someone else. (4) He realized he wasn't being true to himself. (5) He didn't care about anyone. |
The correct answer is (4). He concluded that he wasn't being true to himself.
By saying he realized his life was a "lie," he determined that he wasn't really living the way he wanted. |
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Drama (Theme) is a unifying idea that is repeated throughout the play. The (theme) affects the (plot) of the play and is developed through (characterization). |
Common themes in literature:
• Man vs. nature • Man vs. Man • Man vs. self • Man vs. society • Man vs. machine |
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Drama A play is meant to be performed, not simply read. |
The setting and characterization are visualized onstage. When reading a play, it is all dialogue with any settings, characterization, or movement written in as stage directions.
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(42.)
Drama A play is divided into at least two acts. Each act is made up of scenes. |
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The beginning of the play will list the characters, as well as the setting (time and place in which the play is set). When the play is performed there is usually a change in Curtis and/or settings between scenes and acts. |
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Drama Characterization: actions and gestures that describe a character onstage. In a play, the character is developed with specific stage directions and dialogue (lines of script to be spoken). |
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Dialogue and stage directions allow you to draw conclusions about the character. For example, if a character shifts is back and forth and speaks softly, you may infer that the character is shy or nervous. |
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Drama In a play, a (soliloquy) is a speech made by one character, usually alone onstage or as an aside to the audience. |
A portion of a famous soliloquy:
To be, or not to be, that is the question: whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. - Hamlet |
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(45.)
Drama To read a play for meaning: • Imagine the setting from the speech and dialogue. • Visualize the action. • Determine the motives of the characters. • Make predictions while reading the dialogue. |
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Imagining the setting will help you clearly understand when and where the play is taking place. This will affect your ability to make inferences. When you visualize the action (usually noted in the directions), you can follow the plot. Also, watch for motives of the characters by what they say and do. And as you read along, make predictions about what you think will happen next. Often, the GED asks you these types of questions. |
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Drama • A (tragedy) includes a conflict that ends unhappily or a hero type that falls by the end. The theme usually appeals to the audience's sense of pity and/or fear. • A (comedy) is a light story that aims to amuse the audience; it ends happily. |
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When reading tragedies and comedies, pay close attention to the dialogue from the characters. Their words and actions will give away the theme and tone of the play. |
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Drama RODERIGO: It is silliness to live when to live is torment; and then have we a prescription to die when death is our physician. -Shakespeare, Othello What is the underlined phrase? (1) personification (2) simile (3) metaphor (4) alliteration (5) none of the above |
The correct answer is one personification.
Death is being compared to a doctor. |
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Drama Good night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. -Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet The famous quote uses which device? (1) rhyme (2) rhythm (3) meter (4) repetition (5) all of the above |
The correct answer is (5) all of the above.
The quote uses rhyme (sorrow, morrow) , rhythm and meter ( good night till it be morrow), and repetition (Good night, Good night!). |
