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Antigone(Reading)
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English
10th Grade
11/05/2012

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Drama
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any work meant to be performed for a an audience.
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Elements of drama
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depends on a compelling plotcomflict,and characters.difference is that all these elements are developed through dialogue and cation, rather than described by a narrator.
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Dialogue
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refers to words spoken between two or more characters.
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Monologues
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(in which a character speaks to other in momende of deep emotion)
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sliloques
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in which a character gives a speech alone on stape
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comdey
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used to refer to a play that has a happy ending.
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farce
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A play based mostly an jokes and hamor is called a farce.
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Tragedy
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the apposite of a comedy instead of ending with wedding or celebration, tragedies end with character often death,or horrible loss.
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Characdteristics of traged
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the main character in a tragedy is called the tragic hero.some and who has a lot to lose and is gonerally considered a good person.
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Analyzing
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the harrible ending of a tragedy is usually a direct result of the hero's tragic flaw, or a characters weakness.
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Blending Comedy and Tragedy
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some traditional drams contain characteristics of both tyragedy and comedy.
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Comic Relief
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Comic Relief bread the tension and lightens the mood of an other wise tragic drama.
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Ambiguity
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That mean that a drama is neither entirely tragic or comic. A character my experience loss, but end up with hope.
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Histories
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A history is a drama based on an important historical event or fingure.
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