Unit 1: Drama
For the Studied Drama questions: ■ Ensure that you know the full story of the play and the sequence of events. ■ Be prepared to show how certain major events create a change in the direction of the plot. For example, by killing Tybalt in revenge for Mercutio’s death, Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, becomes an exile in Mantua – something which contributes to the disastrous ending. Similarly, in As You Like It, a true turning point is when Oliver and Celia fall in love, which makes Orlando want to abandon the game with Ganymede and seek the ‘real’ Rosalind. Tis influences Rosalind’s decision to marry him the next day.
■ It is very advisable to create a timeline of events for the play you have chosen to study. Clearly highlight the turning points or major events and be aware of how each one influences the plot.
■ Be prepared to show your understanding of how the plot opens, develops, reaches a climax and resolves.
Important terms for Shakespearean drama Act:
Antagonist: Aside:
Climax: Comedy: Conflict: Complication: Dialogue:
Exeunt: Gesture:
Monologue: Motivation: Plot:
Props: Protagonist: Scene: Scenery:
Static Character: Soliloquy:
Tragedy:
A major division in a play. An act is sub-divided into scenes. A character or force against which another character struggles.
Words spoken by a character directly to the audience, but not heard by the other characters on the stage.
The turning point of the plot and the point of greatest tension.
A play in which the main character/s triumph over obstacles and negative circumstances, and achieve a happy conclusion.
The struggle between opposing forces. There is no drama without conflict.
An intensification of the conflict in a play – Act II is known as the complication.
The conversation between characters.
Dynamic Character: A character who changes or develops in the course of the play. Exit:
A character leaves the stage. More than one character leaves the stage. A physical movement made by a character during a play.
A speech made by a single character without another character’s response. An idea or thought that drives a character to achieve a goal. The sequence of events that make up a story.
Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play.
The main character. (In some plays, like Romeo and Juliet, there is more than one protagonist.)
A portion or segment of an act which indicates changes of location or time, introduces new character/s or provides a movement from one plot to another.
The physical representation of the play’s setting (location and time period). A character who does not change or develop in the course of the play.
A speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage. It reveals the private thoughts of the character.
A type of play in which the protagonist and other characters experience loss and suffering. Tragedies usually involve the death of the main character and others.
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