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| Something unrealistic that the audience accepts. Example that characters in Denmark speak English. |
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| Convention where character speaks directly to the audience, but other characters a few feet away can't hear |
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| Invisible wall between actors on stage and the audience seated a few feet away. |
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| Character spech on stage usually when alone, that is addressed to the audience. |
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| Minor cahracter whose qualities or actions mirror or contrast with the protagonist. Used to highlight protagonist character. |
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| "First Actor". Traditionally noble. Contemporary drama > ordinary people. |
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| Person or force that opposes the protagonist. Man vs Man, M vs Nature, M vs self. |
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Methods of Characterization
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Methods of Characterization
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| Dialogue [word choice, vocab, diction] |
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| what they do...why they do it. |
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| Thematic elements. Appearance/Reality. Poison/Poisonous words. Gardens/weeds. Certainty/ambiguity. |
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Dynamic Character
Static Character |
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| Char. Changes/Unchanged Char. |
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Careful exposition - Detailing all the circumstances.
Surprises - letters arriving/missing/missed appointment
Critical Moments - characters lose things
Climax - where secrets are revealed
Denovement - resolution (all things end neatly) |
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| Literary movement in which life is depicted in an unsparing unidealized way. |
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| costumes, setting, theatre |
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| Time and place of actions. Physical - location. Time - seasons/time of day. Social environment - codes of conduct/values |
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| discrepancy between what a character says and how we understand it |
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| what a character believes and what we know |
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| constract between expectation and reality e.g., horror movies |
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| imperfect interpretation of info |
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| Emotional pause or change. |
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| Incorporated into the larger society. |
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| Cultural awareness and in particular about African culture. |
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| 20th Century literary movement that abandons realism and verisimilitude for the art that represents deep emotional states often producing nightmares of the unconscious. |
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| Giving realistic details to make it real to the audience. |
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| Reject linear cause/effect and coherent characters |
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Genera of literature often featuring
1) Isolated house/castle
2) woman alone or isolated with distant or absent male figures
3) suggestions of the supernatural, creaking floors, ghosts, chains, or burials. |
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| speech about some key moment in a characters life. (contemporary version of a soliloquy. |
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| People and situations have both a literal and an abstract (symbolic) understanding. |
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Prologue- "Happy Idea"
Parados- Extrance song of the chorus
Agon- Debate between those for and against protagonists "Happy Idea" ending with opponents defeat.
Parabasis- second choral in which playright addresses the audience directly on the plays issue
Episodes- happy idea implored and applied
Exode- formal song leading to feast and party. |
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