Drama Terms

What is a foil character?

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

A speech meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage.

A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero.

A speech by a single character without another character's response. The character speaks to someone else.

Hubris is about having too much pride.

Something that the audience knows but the other characters in the play don't. What is this called?

Comparison of two things without using like or as.

Short remarks spoken directly to the audience, but not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play.

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

A chorus in drama is a group of people singing repeating lines.

A character that stays the same throughout a story

A character that undergoes a major change over the course of the story

A comparison between two things using like or as

The smallest traditional segment in a play. Can signal a change in time or place, exit or entrance of characters.