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Shakespearean Drama
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Shakespearean Drama
CONTEXT
- Middle Ages
- Drama was mostly religious
- Renaissance brought back the geek and roman drama
- Their plays were either tragedies or comedies
- TRAGEDY
- Humans have flaws that make them fail
- Theme: fait, ambition, loss,defeat, death, loyalty,impulse, desire and love. (Can have more than 1)
- Characters
- Tragic hero
- Protagonist that dies of fails because of his tragic flaw
- Antagonist
- Opposing face of the tragic hero. Brings conflict.
- Foil
- Character that gives comic relief,its personality contrasts with the other characters
- Tragic hero
- Plot
- Conflict that contributes to the downfall of the hero
- This is known as catastrophe or tragic resolution and it leads to the death of the hero
- Conflict that contributes to the downfall of the hero
- Dramatic Conventions
- Plays were divided into 5 acts and within those acts you had scenes
- Scenes have a fixed setting
- The play is written in dialogue and has stage directions ( directions for what to do on stage)
- The style is blank verse ( no rhyme), which is Iambic Pentameter
- It could include Monologues, Soliloquies and asides
- Monologues
- Long speech addressed to others on stage
- Soliloquies
- Its purpose its to reveal character´s thoughts
- Asides
- Short speech made to the audience or himself, other chcharacters "don't hear it"
- Monologues
- Plays were divided into 5 acts and within those acts you had scenes
- Literary Devices
- Allusions
- A reference of mythological/biblical significance
- Figurative Language
- Metaphors
- Simile
- Symbol
- Personification
- Dramatic Irony
- The audience is aware of things that the characters don't know.
- Foreshadowing
- Allusions
- Humans have flaws that make them fail
- TRAGEDY
- Their plays were either tragedies or comedies
- Middle Ages
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- Mindmap am Shakespearean Drama, erstellt von ana f am 06/09/2016.
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