Key Words Flashcards
(18 cards)
Melodrama
tells stories using sensational characters, turns of events, and lost items
Problem Play
plays that treat some social or moral problem and the end of these plays compel the readers to think intelligently on the issue
Protaganist
the main character of the play
Antagonist
the opposite of the protaganist
Aestheticism
‘art for arts sake’
Stage Direction
a piece of script not said in the play, but used to direct the actors
Exposition
the start of the play
Denouement
the end of the play
Dramatic Irony
the audience knows details that the characters in the play dont
Foreshadowing
implying something is going to happen before it does by hinting in the play/ dialogue
Fin de Siecle
end of the century
Comedy
a funny play - traditionally end happily with marriage
Witticism
quick/ sharp/ funny comments
Character
a person in the play
Prop
a piece of equipment
Set design/ Staging
look of where the play is set
Solipsism
the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist - the quality of being self centred or selfish
Comedy of Manners
makes fun of a particular groups failings
