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uses a variety of scenes and may have more then one story within it
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episodic panoramic
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only one story line, deals with a limited amount of time
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climactic linear
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background information given to the audience to understand what is occuring
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exposition
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anything new is introduced to characters and/or audience
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discovery
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story begins
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point of attack
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major problem is introduced
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inciting incident
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suggesting something that is going to happen later
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foreshadowing
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other small problems
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complications
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a complication of a higher emotional condition
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crisis
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characters are faced with decisions
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reversal
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highest emotional moment and major problem is solved
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climax
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closure
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denouncement
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concerned with the character's sex, age, coloration, height, hair, eyes, weight, and general physical conformation
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basic physiological traits
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character's role/purpose in a play
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social function
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things a character does unconsciously but consistently
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habits and/or mannerisms
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how a character feels, picked up by how they talk to other people
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attitude or bent
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two types of abilities to make moral decisions
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emotional and intellectual
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based on survival of the fittest
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scientific determinism
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name of darwins book
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origin of the species
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joseph wood krutch's essay
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the tragic fallacy
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without the existence of a supreme being and a moral code, classical tragedy could not be understood and could no longer be experienced and certainly not written
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joseph wood krutch's essay
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5 people/jobs necessary for live theatre
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playwright, actors, directors, designers, audience
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3 primary forms of dramatic art
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live theatre, television, motion pictures
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an agreed upon falsehood
agree to make-believe for the sake of the event |
convention
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frames the stage as an imaginary "fourth wall"
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proscenium arch
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3 questions to ask when critiquing a play
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what did the artist st out to achieve?
how well did they achieve it? was it worth the effort? |
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who opposed krutch's theory?
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arthur miller
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theatre designed specifically to teach
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didactic theatre
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staging was done in such a matter as to continually remind the audience that it was in the theatre, not in an imaginary world
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epic theatre
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who created epic theatre?
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bertolt brecht
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developed as a result of world war II
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theatre of the absurd
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logical descendant of the realistic and naturalistic movements which reflected darwins theories
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theatre of the absurd
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two absurd playwrights and plays
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samuel beckett-waiting for godot
eugene lonesco-the lesson |
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generally aimed to find new purposes for the theatre, new forms of drama, and new way to express oneself dramtically
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experimental theatre
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theatre expressed in a violent matter
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guerilla theatre
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