Macbeth: Elements of Drama + Literary Devices

A division within a play, much like chapters of a novel

• act

• aside

• cast of characters

• chorus

Aside

• a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play

• a humerous work of drama

• a conversation between two or more characters

• lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience

a list of characters presented before the action begins

• comedy

• dialogue

• cast of characters

• chorus

chorus

• a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to an audience

• a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play

• a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience

• a character who is nearly opposite of another character

a humorous work of drama

• scene

• soliloquy

• stage directions

• comedy

dialogue

• a conversation between two or more characters

• italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information

• a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually based on his/her own actions

• a protagonist with a fatal flaw that eventually leads to his/her demise

a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience

• aside

• cast of characters

• drama

• act

foil

• a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play

• a humerous work of drama

• a conversation between two or more characters

• a character who is nearly opposite of another character

a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience

• soliloquy

• monologue

• foil

• scene

a division of an act into smaller parts

• stage directions

• tragedy

• scene

• soliloquy