Friday, October 15, 2015
Agenda:
• Bellringer: Word of the Week (new for Fridays)
• Introduction and Notes about the elements of
drama
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Word of the Week: write the word,
definition, and part of the example so
you’ll remember what the word means
Accentuate: (v): to emphasize something.
Example: If you use a lot of emphasis to describe part of a meal, as
in "the steak was SOOO good, and I liked the salad too," you
"accent" what "-u" "-ate," or accentuate, the highlight of the meal —
the steak.
Drama is a type of fiction using dialogue and performance.
It is one of the literary genres, which is an imitation of some
action.
Drama is also a type of a play written for theaters, televisions,
radios and films.
In simple words, a drama is a work in verse or prose presenting a
story in pantomime or dialogue, containing conflict of characters,
particularly the ones who perform in front of audience on the
stage.
The person who writes drama for stage directions is known as a
dramatist or playwright.
Drama
Literary device often used to reveal the innermost
thoughts of a character.
It is used to express a character’s thoughts about a
certain character, or a past, present or upcoming event
while talking to himself without acknowledging the
presence of any other person.
In a play, a character delivering a soliloquy talks to
himself — thinking out loud— so that the audience
better understands what is happening to the character
internally.
Soliloquy
“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.”
(Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare)
Juliet was thinking aloud about the traditional hate
between Romeo’s clan and her family, expressing her
hopelessness about the success of their love.
Example of Soliloquy
A literary device where a single character presents a
speech in order to express his/her collection of thoughts
and ideas aloud.
Often, this character addresses another character or
even the audience directly.
Monologue
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. -- Hamlet
Monologue Example
Instructions in the text of a play, especially one
indicating the movement, position, or tone of an
actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
Stage Directions
A tragic flaw is a literary term that refers to a
personality trait of a main character that leads to his
or her downfall.
In other words, a character with a tragic flaw is in
need of some kind of attitude adjustment.
Romeo’s tragic flaw: thinking with his heart.
Tragic Flaw
An aside is a short speech from a character that is
spoken directly to the audience.
The other actors on set can physically hear the words
but as their characters, they pretend as if nothing
was said. The audience understands that the speech
was meant for them only.
Aside
The denouement is a literary device which can be
defined as the resolution of the issue of a complicated
plot in fiction.
Fancy word for “resolution.”
Denouement
The fourth wall is an imaginary wall that separates the
events on stage from the audience.
The idea is that the stage is constructed with a
cutaway view of the house, so that the people sitting
on the audience can look through this invisible "fourth
wall" and look directly into the events inside.
Fourth Wall