drama terminology

haptics

purposeful use of touch

Goneril + Edmund kissing in K.L

proxemics

characters spacing/ positioning on a stage

Enron: switching between Andy’s lair and Skilling office

perpetiepia

moment of no return

Faustus: when he realises he can no longer repent

bathos/pathos

a scene which acts as a subplot and doesn’t follow the main story

Enron: the scene with the traders

catharsis

purging of emotions

K.L when Cordelia doesn’t admit her love to him

harmatia

fatal flaw

Enron: fastow’s perception of reality

hubris

excessive arrogance which leads to the character’s downfall

enron: Fastow believing that there’s nothing wrong with his corruption

mis en scene

what you can see on the stage

Enron: skilling crucifying himself to the market

deus ex machina

the use of gods interplaying with a scene - often used to make it ironic

anagnorisis

the moment when a character realises something often their fatal flaw

K.L when lear realises that his rage will ruin him

soliloquy

where a character will have a conversation with themselves generally talking to the audience and breaking the fourth wall

K.L Edmunds legitimate soliloquy

Farce (‘farcical’)

A comedy featuring exaggerated situations and physical humour, usually based around the attempt to preserve respectability

Enron: the lawyers when talking about who deals with the new way of the company