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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.