
Macbeth -Drama Terms
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Macbeth
Drama Terms
By Julie Ramsey
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Read the definitions for each term
Answer the questions on the following slides
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Multiple Choice
Definition: an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
soliloquy
concealment
tragic flaw
dramatic structure
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Definition: when a character in a work of fiction addresses the audience directly for a moment to either express a truth, reveal a feeling, or comment on the events of the story.
soliloquy
concealment
tragic flaw
aside
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Definition: a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out.
soliloquy
concealment
drama
tragedy
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Definition: is a dramatic convention that allows a character to be seen by the audience, but remain hidden from fellow actors.
soliloquy
concealment
tragic flaw
dramatic structure
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Read the definitions for each term
Answer the questions on the following slides
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Multiple Choice
Definition: How the plot or story of a play is laid out, including a beginning, a middle and an end. Plays may also include subplots , which are smaller stories that allow the audience to follow the journey of different characters and events within the plot.
aside
concealment
tragic flaw
dramatic structure
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Multiple Choice
Definition: A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
tragedy
aside
tragic flaw
dramatic structure
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Definition: A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
soliloquy
dramatic irony
tragic flaw
dramatic structure
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Read the differences between a Shakespeare tragedy & comedy
Answer the questions on the following slides
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Multiple Choice
Shakespeare's tragedies usually end with the death of the tragic hero.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Shakespeare's tragedies involve common-born, or middle-class characters.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Shakespeare's tragedies involve the theme of love & marriage and/or mistaken identities.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Shakespeare's tragedies tend to focus on the characters more than the situations.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Shakespeare's tragedies tend to focus on themes involving the contrast between good & evil, revenge, hamartia, and involve supernatural elements.
True
False
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Read the characteristics of a tragic hero
Answer the questions on the following slides
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Multiple Choice
Definition: a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.
Anagnorisis
Nemesis
Peripeteia
Hubris
Hamartia
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Multiple Choice
Definition: (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.
Anagnorisis
Nemesis
Peripeteia
Hubris
Hamartia
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Multiple Choice
Definition: the point in a play, novel, etc., in which a principal character recognizes or discovers another character's true identity or the true nature of their own circumstances.
Anagnorisis
Nemesis
Peripeteia
Catharsis
Hamartia
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Multiple Choice
Definition: a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative.
Anagnorisis
Nemesis
Peripeteia
Hubris
Hamartia
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Multiple Choice
Definition: the point in a play, novel, etc., in which a principal character recognizes or discovers another character's true identity or the true nature of their own circumstances.
Anagnorisis
Nemesis
Peripeteia
Hubris
Hamartia
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Multiple Choice
Definition: an enemy, often a villain. Not just any ordinary enemy, though – this character is the ultimate enemy, the arch-foe that overshadows all the others in power or importance.
Anagnorisis
Nemesis
Peripeteia
Catharsis
Hamartia
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Multiple Choice
Definition: feelings of pity/fear felt by the audience, for the inevitable downfall of the protagonist/tragic hero.
Catharsis
Nemesis
Peripeteia
Hubris
Hamartia
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Drama Terms
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