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| exchange of speech between characters, punctuated by stage directions |
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| customary methods of presenting an action, usual and recognizable devices that an audience is willing to accept |
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| dramatic monologue in which we seem to overhear the character's innermost thoughts |
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| the primary unresolved issue in a drama as it unfolds |
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| a 2nd story- a plot line that is complete and interesting in its own right- a skillful subplot broadens the perspective on the main plot to enhance rather than dilute its effect |
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| nonverbal action that engages the attention of the audience-important means of revealing inner thoughts and feelings of a character |
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| Unity of time- takes place within 24 hours/ unity of place- one location/ unity of action-series of interrelated events; all tragedy or all comedy |
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| play that portrays a seriuos conflict between humans and some superior, overwhelming force-inevitably ends sorrowfully and disastrously; the protagonist undergoes a reversal of fortune, from good to tbad, ending in catastorphe |
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| fatal weakness or moral flaw in the protagonist that brings him/her to a bad end Ex: Hubris- excessive pride |
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| Have a tragic flaw; usually high rank/nobility;usually very respected, morally upright, better than mere mortals(specifically selected by the gods); high capacity for suffering; suffers downfall and realization of sins, punished excessively, but passive acceptance of the god's will |
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| "god from the machine" Greek playwrights frequent use of a god, mechanically lowere to th stage, to resolve human conflic with judgements and commands. Now refers to any forced or improbable device in plot resolution |
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| Greek term for playwrights |
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| obscene parody of a mythic story |
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| wooden stage building where actors change costumes- faceade served as the setting |
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| Greek word for tragic flow |
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| an attempt to faithfully reproduce the surface appearance of life, especially that of ordinary people in everyday situations. |
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| Modern Theater(realism) differences |
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| Reg. people instead of high class. Everyday situations and controversial topics ; box set instead of painted scenery and pretend items; speaking from wherever you are on stage and not to the audience; use of lighting; no longer using aside and soliloquy |
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| three walls that joined in two corners and a ceiling that tilted as if seen in perspecive-- replacing drapery walls that had billowed and doors that had flapped, not slammed. |
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| a few words or passage spoken in an undertone or to the audience--other characters are deaf to the aside |
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| type of realism in which the characters are presented as products or victimes of their environment and hereditary |
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| purgation) -final cause / purpose of tragic act. Feeling of emotional release/ calm the spectator feels |
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| (recognition/ discovery)- the revelation of some fact not known before or some person's true identity and the terrible enlightenment that accompanies such recognition |
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| (reversal)- action that turns out to have the opposite effect from the one that its doer had intended |
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| the stage is in the middle of the room, and the audience is seated all around the stage instead of on just one side. |
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1) tragedy is an imitation of an action of high importance, complete and of some amplitude
2) the language is pleasing and appropriate
3)that audience feels pity and fear, and experiences a purging of these emotions
4) a good tragedy consists in great part of a character study
5) A good tragedy possesses unity of action |
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| structure of greek tragedies |
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1) prologue- introduction of characters, background info provided
2) Paradoes- open hymn by the chorus, appealing to the gods
3) Episoda- scnes within the play, interaction among characters
4) Stasimon-choral interludes, spearating episoda
5) Esodos- resolution of the conflict, characters leave the stage |
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| Other Aspects of Greek Tragedy |
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1) Violence is rarely shown on stage. Instead, it occurs off stage and is discussed by characters and/ or the after-effects are demonstated
2) The action takes place within a single day's time(24 hours)
3) The action takes place in a single location
4) The action is focused on a single objective, a clear cause and effect relationship-no sub plots. |
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Susan Glaspell
Hale: Well, women are used to worrying over trifles
Mrs. Hale: She-come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself-real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and-fluttery. How-she-did-change
Mrs. Peters: I know what stillness is. When we homesteaded in Dakota, and my first baby died-after he was two years old, and me with no other then-
Mrs. Hales: We call it-knot it, Mr. Henderson. |
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