Literature The nature of drama Drama utilizes plot and characters‚ develops a theme‚ arouses emotion or appeals to humor. It may be escapist or interpretive. Much drama is poetry. But drama has one characteristic‚ it is written primarily to be performed‚ not read. It presents its actions through actors‚ on a stage‚ and before an audience. Of the four major points of view open for a fiction writer‚ dramatists are limited to one- the objective‚ or dramatic. Dramatists cannot enter the
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ma ORIGINAL TEXT: (Act 1‚ Scene 2) O that this too too solid flesh would melt‚ Thaw‚ and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! How weary‚ stale‚ flat‚ and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on’t! O fie! ’tis an unweeded garden‚ That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead! — nay‚ not so much‚ not two: So excellent a
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Jacobean drama (that is‚ the drama of the age of James 1-1603-1625) was a decadent form of the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The Elizabethan age was the golden age of English drama. But with the turn of the century the drama in England also took a turn. It does not mean that there were no dramatists left. There certainly was a large number of them‚ but none of them could come anywhere near Shakespeare. Just as after Chaucer poetry in England suffered a decline‚ similarly after Shakespeare
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Reality and Illusion In the stage directions at the beginning of Act I of Six Characters in Search of an Author‚ Pirandello directs that as the audience enters the theatre the curtain should be up and the stage bare and in darkness‚ as it would be in the middle of the day‚ “so that from the beginning the audience will have the feeling of being present‚ not at a performance of a properly rehearsed play‚ but at a performance of a play that happens spontaneously.” The set‚ then‚ is designed to blur
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This article is about the art form. For other uses‚ see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel Poem Drama Short story Novella Genres Comedy Drama Epic Erotic Nonsense Lyric Mythopoeia Romance Satire Tragedy Tragicomedy Media Performance (play) Book Techniques Prose Poetry History and lists Outline of literature Glossary of terms History (modern) Books Writers Literary / Poetry awards Discussion Criticism Theory Sociology Magazines Literature
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Q 1.Discuss the plot of Dr.Faustus The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus‚ commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus‚ is a play byChristopher Marlowe‚ based on the German story Faust‚ in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.Doctor Faustus‚ a well-respected German scholar‚ grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledge—logic‚ medicine‚ law‚ and religion—and decides that he wants to learn to practice magic. He begins his new
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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.[1] The term comes from a Greek word "dran" meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα‚ drama)‚ which is derived from "to do" or "to act" (Classical Greek: δράω‚ draō). The enactment of drama in theatre‚ performed by actors on a stage before an audience‚ presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts‚ unlike other forms of literature‚ is directly influenced by this collaborative
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FINAL PERIOD ELEMENTS OF DRAMA Drama comes from Greek words meaning "to do" or "to act." A play is a story acted out. It shows people going through some eventful period in their lives‚ seriously or humorously. The speech and action of a play recreate the flow of human life. A play comes fully to life only on the stage. On the stage it combines many arts those of the author‚ director‚ actor‚ designer‚ and others. Dramatic performance involves an intricate process of rehearsal based upon imagery
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Drama Discuss the dramatic role of the Gentleman Caller in ‘The Glass Menagerie’. In this essay‚ the dramatic role of the Gentleman Caller in the infamous play ‘The Glass Menagerie’ will be discussed in a number of different roles. First‚ it will be shown that the Gentleman Caller was the last hope of financial stability for a young woman‚ Laura‚ and her mother‚ as well as the last hope of escape for Laura’s brother‚ Tom. It will also be shown that Jim‚ the Gentleman Caller‚ shatters the lives
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DRAMA ASSIGNMENT EDCURRIC 101 Uncle Albert – A Drama Process to review drama education‚ and consider how drama may be applied in a classroom of year 6 – 8 students. This drama uses a short poem – Uncle Albert by Vernon Scannell – chosen because it is short and because a number of conventions used in the course can be applied similarly. The poem will be issued in class. The poem has a character interest – the writer remembers his uncle‚ probably from some time ago. It has gaps in it – always
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