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27 Cards in this Set
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Playwrights Job (6 Components) |
1. Subject 2. focus/emphasis 3. Dramatic Purpose 4. Dramatic Structure 5. Dramatic Characters 6. Point of View |
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Climactic Play Structures |
-Late in story -Restricted scenes/locales/characters -Tight Cause and effect -Greek Tragedy |
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Episodic Play Structures |
-Lots of people/places/events -More than 1 plot -Different Scenes -Jump around in time -Shakespeare |
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Plot Beginning |
Exposition Point of Attack Inciting Incident Major Dramatic Question |
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Plot Middle |
Complications Crisis |
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Plot End |
Resolution |
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Dramatic Purpose of Play (why write) |
entertain make us think escape information lesson political influence unite a group poke fun at people |
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Character |
Character isn't a complete person; only what is needed for the play. |
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Extraordinary Character |
hero/villian |
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Representative Character |
People like us |
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Stock Character |
Best friend, character with dominant trait |
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minor character |
-servants |
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narrator/chorus |
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Farce |
Mistaken identity, fake violence, fast |
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Burlesque |
Making fun of other theater styles |
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Satire |
Making fun of politics, religion, etc |
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Domestic Comedy |
Sitcom, roman comedy |
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Comedy of Manners |
Satirizes upper class particularly |
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Comedy of Ideas |
Plays which humorously debate |
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Tragedy |
Serious drama, involving important persons |
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Heroic Drama |
Serious content, happy ending, optimistic view, even with sad end. |
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Melodrama |
Concerned with nostalgia and strong emotions |
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Domestic/Bourgeois Drama |
Drama concerned with common people |
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Shakespeare Plot |
Mixed climactic and episodic |
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Characters (SHAKESPEARE) |
900+, unique, well rounded, varied |
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Language (SHAKESPEARE) |
Beginning of modern english, iambic pentameter, 2 sets of 5 |
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Genres Used (SHAKESPEARE) |
Tragedy Comedy Tragicomedy Histories |
