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Comic Relief

Humorous content in a dramatic work intended to offset more serious episodes or events.

Melodrama

A drama containing stereotypical characters, exaggerated emotions, and a conflict that pits an all-good hero or heroine against an all-evil villain

Chorus

Refers to a group of characters in a play that provide commentary on the events of the play

Dramatic Form

Simply something structured as a play

Who is the author of Oedipus Rex?

Sophocles

dramatic monologue

When a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings

Monologue

an oral or written composition in which only one person speaks

catastrophe

the ending of a drama. It is often tragic and causes great suffering or damage

Foil

A person or thing that contrast strongly with another, and therefore makes the qualities of the other more salient or obvious

Character Foil

A person that contrasts strongly with another and, in doing so, makes the qualities of the other person more obvious

Aside

A remark in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but is supposed to be unheard by the other characters

Dramatic Irony

A situation in which the audience becomes aware of something that a character in the play does not know

Soliloquy

A speech by a character who is alone on stage or whose presence is unrecognized by the other characters .

Force

A type of comedy based on ridiculous situations often with stereotyped characters

where did the idea of tragedy in the form of a drama originate?

Athens

interior monologue

Conversation-like thoughts of a character

Tradgedy

In general, a literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy or disastrous end.

comedy

In general, a literary work that is light and often humorous in tone and tends to resolve the conflict happily

Drama

a play for theater, radio, or television

iambic pentameter

a poetic line consisting of five verse feet with each foot featuring an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Archaic language

a word,phrase,or style of language that is no longer in everyday use.