DRAMA TERMS Flashcards
(7 cards)
ASIDE
Words, spoken by an actor, directly to the audience, which are not heard by the other characters on stage during a play. In Shakespeare’s Othello Iago’s voices, his inner thighs, a number of times as asides for the plays audience.
Catharsis
The purging Of the feeling of pity and fear, that, according to his aritotle, occur in the audience of tragic trauma. The audience experiences catharsis is at the end of the play, following the catastrophe.
soliloquy
A speech in a play, that is meant to be heard by the audience, but not by the other characters on the stage. If there are no other characters, pressing, the soliloquy percent of the characters, thinking out loud.
Hubris
Grey pride. Hubris often is a character flaw of a protagonist in Greek drama. Pride was consider it a grave sin, because it played too much emphasis on individuals will, thereby downplaying the wheel of the stage and endangering the community as a whole. Because pride makes people willing to accept wise counsel, they act harshly, and make bad decisions.
Tragedy
A type of drama, in which the characters experience reversal of Fortune are usually for the wars. In tragedy, catastrophe, and suffering away many of the characters specially the hero.
Tragic Flaw
A weakness or limitation of characters, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero. Othello’s jealousy is one example.
Tragic Hero
A privilege, exalted, character of high repartee, who, by virtue of a tragic flaw in fee, suffers a fall from Gloria into suffering.