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| dramatizes the conflict between the vitality of the individual life and the laws or limits of life; a play in which most characters die |
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| fullest life is seen to reside within enlightened social norms; a play that has a happy ending |
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| A comedy play in which the emphasis is on the obstructionists |
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| A comedy play in which the emphasis is on a pair or pairs of delightful people who engage our sympathies as they run their obstacle race to the altar |
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| the arrangement of a story |
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| the background story that takes place before the action of the play; often necessary to understand what happens in the play |
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| "unraveling"--when the tension in the play slackens |
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| the point in the play in which there is the most tension |
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| clues throughout the play that let the audience know what may happen later |
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| the movement of the actors on stage |
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| the moment of recognition |
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| saying one thing and meaning another or doing one thing and saying another |
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| the time and place of a story or play |
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| characters who set one another off; usually of similar backgrounds but with different reactions to a major event |
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