Last lesson my class was given homework, we had to find a range of dramatic terms that were unknown... Here are few definitions that I were completely unfamiliar...
Box set:
A set built behind a proscenium arch to represent three walls of a room. The absent fourth wall
on the proscenium line allows spectators to witness the domestic scene. First used in the early
nineteenth century
Reversal or Peripeteia:
The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the
protagonist- from failure to success or success to failure.
Examples: Oedipus's and Othello's moments of enlightenment are also reversals. They learn
what they did not expect to learn.
Tragic flaw:
A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero.
Example: Othello's jealousy and too trusting nature is his tragic flaw
Soliloquy
a monologue uttered by a character alone on-stage that provides insight into his or her thoughts.
Trope
a musical passage that serves as an interpolation in a Christian religious service and elaborates on the liturgy. Tropes included the representation of religious figures in a call-and-response structure and became a traditional part of the Easter Mass during the Middle Ages.
Box set:
A set built behind a proscenium arch to represent three walls of a room. The absent fourth wall
on the proscenium line allows spectators to witness the domestic scene. First used in the early
nineteenth century
Reversal or Peripeteia:
The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the
protagonist- from failure to success or success to failure.
Examples: Oedipus's and Othello's moments of enlightenment are also reversals. They learn
what they did not expect to learn.
Tragic flaw:
A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero.
Example: Othello's jealousy and too trusting nature is his tragic flaw
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