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Aristotle's 6 parts to a play |
Plot Character Thought Diction Song Spectacle |
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Tragedy |
Serious material, usually sad ending |
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Comedy |
light material, usually happy ending |
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comic premise |
idea in a comedy that turns the accepted notion upside down |
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slapstick |
relies on physical comedy |
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heroic drama |
open to world, sad ending |
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mellow drama |
drama with song |
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domestic drama |
everyday problems of middle/lower class |
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tragicomedy |
serious and funny mixed |
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obserdees |
cyclical, not most popular |
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theatre qualifications |
-representation of human kind -performers are live -audience is live -can be repeated -actors pretend to be someone else |
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purpose of plays.... |
educate, entertain |
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3 theories to how theatre began |
-man's desire to mymic -man's desire to tell stories -repitition
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aristotle's 4 parts to a good character |
-social -physical -moral -psychiological
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arena theatre |
audience surrounds |
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precinium |
audience is on one side |
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thrust |
audience is on three sides |
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subtext |
unspoken meaning behind spoken words |
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2 types of acting |
Presentational- outside in
Representational- inside out |
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3 questions to ask yourself |
who am i?
what is the meaning of life?
what purpose do i have?
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root word agon means... |
debate in greek |
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classical tragedy |
-kings/queens
-written in verse |
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modern tragedy |
-modern people
-modern language |
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aristotle's teacher |
Plato |
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quest |
long search for something |
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Plot+Character= |
Thought/theme |
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hero |
agent of change |
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4 stages in writing a play |
-inner readiness -germinal idea -structure -creating characters |
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3 types of structure |
-climactic -episodic -cyclical |
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climactic structure |
-plot starts late -covers short period of time -set in restricted locale -few characters -singular plot -all action is cause-and-effect |
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Episodic structure |
-plot starts early -may cover many days, months, years -many characters -many threads of action/subplot -scenes are juxtaposed |
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cyclical structure |
-repitition of action that is repeated so as to acquire meaning and let the audience focus on what happens next |
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dialouge |
conversation between characters |
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soliloquy |
a character relays his thoughts and feelings to himself and the audience when he is alone or thinks he is alone |
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suspension of natural laws |
the pain is not so much physical as it is emotional, personal, or psychiological |
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situation comedy |
the character finds himself in a situation that produces comic effect |
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farce |
-exaggerated physical humor -just pure silliness |
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satire |
comedy used to attack evil or foolishness, to mock or make fun of, particularly powerful people or institutuions |
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musical |
a narrative interspersed with music and lyrics, typically designed to advance the plot or develop the character |
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ballad |
a simple narrative set to music that gives us a window into the character's mind |
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plot |
a series of events designed to bring about a specific response |
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exposition |
the introduction to the world of the play, characters, and setting |
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inciting incident (opposing forces) |
man vs. man man vs. self man vs. nature |
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complication |
when events alter the course of action in the play |
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crisis |
peak/point of highest emotional intensity; final unfolding of action |
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climax |
reversal of the heroes fortune; and recognition of flaws |
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denouement |
a new understanding and a return to balance |
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character |
people who populate the world of the play |
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thought/theme |
the ideas that govern the world of this particular play; what is the play about NOT what happened in the play |
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diction |
the language of the play |
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song |
all auditory material that is not the human voice (everything you hear)
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spectacle |
all the visual aspects of the dramatic event (everything that you see) |
