Drama / Julius Caesar Terms

Use of comic scene, interrupts intensely tragic moments, parallels tragic action. 

Excessive pride or ambition that leads to the main character's downfall.

Play depicting serious & important events, the main character has an unhappy end.

Large units that a drama is divided into.

The character of force that opposes or blocks the protagonist or main character in a narrative.

Set of conflicts that constitute the part of a play's or story's plot up to the climax.

all the problems or mysteries of the plot unraveled, the resolution.

A character who sets off another character by strong contrst.

The main events that move the play along.

A character struggles against some outside force: another character, society, or nature.

Language of a particular district, class, or group of people.

In general, a story that ends happily.

Reoccurring image, symbol, theme, or character that connects the work to other pieces of lit.

Repeated action that becomes custom or ceremony.

Usually contains unbelievable plots, sensational actions and stock characters: hero & villain.

A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.

In the plot of a story or play, the action following the climax.

Subdivision of an act of a play. Represents actions happening in one place at one time.

Certain type of comedy which follies, errors, or shortcomings are lightly teased, shame people.

The main character in fiction, drama or narrative poetry.

A long formal speech made by a character in a play.

The beginning speech of a play given by the chorus.

A category or type of drama.

The tensest or most exciting part of the plot.

Struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character.

Fictional genre intended to be performed, no stage or before an audience.

A appendix (usually a concluding address) to a play.

Long speech where a lone character on stage expresses his or her private thoughts or feelings.

Private words character speaks to audience or another character - actors pretend not to hear.

Tells the actors what actions to perform.  Often in italics or in parenthesis.

A narrative device that hints at coming events: builds suspense or anxiety in reader.

Introduces the characters, setting, and usually the story's major conflict.

A group of characters that play roles within the story.

Comedy in which ridiculous, sterotyped characters are involved in far-fetched silly situations.

In a literary work, a moment of sudden insight or revelation that a character experiences.

Series of related events that make up a story or drama.