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Playwright's comments that provide readers/actors/directors dialogue, setting, and action info.

A symbol is

Dramatic Terms--Fences

11 terms·StudBud Administration·110 plays

Intro to #dramatictechniques in #Fences

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A symbol is
One concrete thing that represents only one other thing/idea
A comparison between two fixed things
A comparison among three things
Something concrete that can represent meanings beyond itself
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Playwright's comments that provide readers/actors/directors dialogue, setting, and action info.
Dialogue
Stage direction
Scenery
Sorcery
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Physical representation and atmosphere of play's setting (location/time period)
Symbolism
Stage direction
Staging
Scenery
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"What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet, the sun!"
Is an example of irony
Is an example of symbolism
Is an example of foreshadowing
Is an example of metaphor
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This type of character earns sympathy from the audience but often has fatal flaws
Tragic Hero
Protagonist
Antagonist
Foil
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Plays are divided into:
Acts; each act can be divided into scenes
Acts and chapters
Groups by character burrito preference
Bigger scenes and smaller acts
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A long speech by a single character meant for others to hear.
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Dialogue
Monologue
Soliloquy
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A secondary character who highlights the actions of the main character
Round character
Foil
Static character
Tin foil
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A Biblical allusion
is a Biblical ghost
example could be Athena or Apollo
references stories, people, events in the Bible
can include references to the Bible and Greek mythology
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Traditionally, a character who falls from their elevated station into suffering.
Protagonist
Tragic Hero
Foil
Antagonist
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Discrepancy between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant.
Irony
Dialogue
Foreshadowing
Metaphor