R&J Literary & Character Review

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Literary composition for stage performance

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Drama

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Type of drama with happy endings

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Comedy

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Type of drama set in a historical period

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History

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Type of drama with reversals of fortune

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tragedy

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Main character with a weakness

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tragic flaw

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Humorous scene that relieves emotional intensity

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comic relief

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Brief reference to something outside the story

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Allusion

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Character contrasting another to highlight traits

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Foil

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Devices accepted by theater audiences as realistic

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Dramatic conventions

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Speech by a character alone on stage

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Soliloquy