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Drama Terms
This document defines various drama and theater terms including: - Comedy and tragedy, which are types of plays that end happily and unhappily, respectively. - History, which is a dramatic work based on actual events. - Catastrophe, which is the final outcome of a tragedy. - Tragic hero, which is the main character of a tragedy that is nobly born but has a character flaw leading to their downfall. - Act and scene, which are divisions of a play. - Protagonist and antagonist, which are the leading character and their opponent.
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Drama Terms
- 1. Drama TermsRomeo andJulietBy Erin Salona
- 2. DefinitionA play thatends happily
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- 4. DefinitionA play thatends unhappily
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- 6. DefinitionA dramatic workbased on an actual historical event or person– a combination of fiction and nonfiction
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- 8. DefinitionThe final revelationor outcome of a tragedy
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- 10. DefinitionThe main characterin a Shakespearean tragedy.Is nobly born and has great influence in his or her own society.Has one of more serious character flaws which lead to his downfall.
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- 16. DefinitionA person whosefunction it is to communicate words and emotions to an audience; he or she assumes the personality of the character
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- 18. DefinitionThose who viewthe play and should be responsive to the action and the feeling or mood portrayed as the actors lead them into the play
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- 20. DefinitionThe hero orleading character with whom the audience sympathizes
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- 22. DefinitionThe character whoopposes or competes with the protagonist
- 23. TermAntagonist ''I'm allabout empowerment. I empower my Cheerios to live in a state of constant fear by creating an environment of irrational, random terror.''
- 24. DefinitionA character whosequalities contrast with those of another character. A writer might use a foil to emphasize or de-emphasize another character’s traits.
- 25. TermFoil The businessman’sfoil; makes him look more attractive in comparison
- 26. DefinitionAll of thestage furnishings, objects, etc.
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- 28. DefinitionA character’s remark,either to the audience or to another character that others on stage are not supposed to hear. Its purpose is to reveal the character’s private thoughts.
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- 30. DefinitionA single personspeaking alone– with or without an audience.
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- 32. DefinitionA speech thata character gives when he or she is alone on stage. Its purpose is to let the audience know what the character is thinking. This is a type of monologue.
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- 34. DEFINITIONA joke thatcomes from a play on words. Examples: A prisoner's favorite punctuation mark is the period. It marks the end of his sentence.When William joined the army he disliked the phrase 'fire at will'.
- 35. More examplesThere wasa sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'.A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.I decided that becoming a vegetarian was a missed steak.Two peanuts were walking in a tough neighborhood and one of them was a-salted.A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
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- 37. DefinitionLeft of thestage from the actor’s point of view.
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- 39. DefinitionRight of thestage from the actor’s point of view.
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- 41. DefinitionArea of thestage closest to the footlights and audience
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- 43. DefinitionArea of thestage farthest away from the footlights and the audience
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- 45. Study for yourDrama Terms & Shakespeare Background Quiz This Wednesday (blue)/ Thursday (gold)Review pages 1-3 in your Romeo & Juliet study packetQuia games available from my website