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Antigone
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English
10th Grade
11/01/2012

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Term
drama
Definition
drama is a kind of literature that is written to be performed by actors of an audience.
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stage directions
Definition
are a play rights written instructions about how actors should move and behave.
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scence
Definition
a section in a play in which all of the events occur in one place at one time.
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monologue
Definition
a speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion.
*A special kind of monologue is a soliloquy.
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aside
Definition
a character make a brief remarks, either to the audience or to another character, that other on state do not hear.
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dialogue
Definition
one way is through dialogue, or conversation between two or more character.
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soliloquy
Definition
during a monologue, a characters in a drama speaks without interruption.
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tragedy
Definition
drama that recounts the downfall of a dignified. superior character who is involved in historically or socially significant events.
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tragedy Greek-style
Definition
tragedy shows what happens when people disobeyed the laws of the gods.
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tragedy hero
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the tragic hero is a noble, superior character that has a tragic flaw that leads to his/her downfall. Twists of fate play a hand in character's destruction.
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catastrophe
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solve conflict, demonstrates tragic failure and involves death of hero.
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nature of tragedy
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the fall is caused in part by some error of the protagonist.
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chorus
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chorus is a group of 15 that commented on the actions of the play.
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choragus
Definition
choragus was the leader of the chorus that participated in the dialogue.
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