Dramatic Terms

A remark by a character, to be heard by the audience but not the other characters.

Literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.

The classification of drama which has a flawed protagonist, and ends with a fatal conclusion.

Commonly used type of metrical line in traditional English poetry and verse drama.

Excessive pride or defiance in a character, leading to their downfall.

Audience’s knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters in the play. 

Character who contrasts with another to highlight particular qualities of the first character.

Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself, especially by a character in a play.

A poem with no rhyme, but does have iambic pentameter. 

The leading character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

Poem constructed from three quatrains and a final couplet composed in iambic pentameter.

Speech presented by a single character, though other characters may be present.

A group of performers who comment on the main action, typically speaking and moving together.