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DRAMA

DRAMATIC TECHNIQUES

STAGE DIRECTIONS

are the instructions a playwright gives to the director and the actors about how a play should be staged.

ASIDES

short comments made by a character for the audience

DIALOGUE

is the main support of drama

MONOLOGUE

there are other characters on the stage bjut the speaker ignores them

SOLILOQUY

the character is alone on the stage

CHARACTERS

an antagonist

a heroine

a hero

LANGUAGE

the language of drama is intense and varied

THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

audience

the addressee

actors,director,designers,musicians

the performance

a written text

the message

a playwright

the addresser

TYPES OF DRAMA

THE COMEDY

the playwright is generally the mouthpiece of the vices

the plot is based on love

begins with misfortunes and ends with happy

ordinary characters

THE TRAGEDY

there is generally a villain

his/her fall may be due to inner weakness

the heroes,heroines are kings, princes and warriors

the concept of catharsis

the Aristotelian unities

the prologue