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Comedy

A literary work that is amusing, moves from chaos to order and happiness, usually shown through marriage

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Tragedy

A drama that reveals the unfortunate downfall of a person. Tragedy moves towards chaos until order is somewhat restored through the misfortune, usually death or exile, of the tragic hero

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Set

The background, furniture, and stationary items on stage

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Props

Items used in a play, such as a sword

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Staging

How things look on stage — where actors stand, entrances and exits, set, props, lighting, sound, etc

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Stage Direction

A playwrights comment’s that provide information about how things are said, acted, gestured, or staged.

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Chorus

A group of characters in a Greek tragedy who comment on the action of a play, often while performing a formalized dance to convey a communal emotion. The chorus would move in one direction (strophe) while presenting one side or idea and then move in the other direction (antistrophe) while presenting an opposing idea

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Tragic Flaw

A character trait or mistake in the protagonist of a tragedy that leads to a downfall, usually death or exile

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Hamartia

A criminal act committed in ignorance or for the sake of the greater good (tragic flaw, “missing the mark”)

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Hubris

Excessive pride, thinking oneself above humans or as one of the gods

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Catharsis

A term used by Aristotle to describe an emotional release experienced by the audience at the end of a tragedy

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Monologue

A long speech spoken by one character

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Soliloquy

A monologue that a character speaks alone to himself revealing thoughts and feelings to the audience

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Aside

An actor in a play that says something that other characters in the play aren’t supposed to hear, but the audience can

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Apostrophe

A speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object

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anthromorphism

the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object

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Gesture

A sign that communicates a character’s action, state of mind and relationship with other characters to an audience

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tenor

The part of the metaphor that is being used for comparison (thing being described)

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Vehicle

The image that carries the weight of the comparison (language you use to describe it)

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