Chapter 7 Varieties of Drama Two Main Types of Drama Tragedy – a play in which the protagonist fails to achieve desired goals or is overcome by opposing.

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Chapter 7 Varieties of Drama

Two Main Types of Drama Tragedy – a play in which the protagonist fails to achieve desired goals or is overcome by opposing forces. Comedy – a play that treats characters and situations in a humorous way and has a happy ending.

Tragedy Inevitable – there is no way to change or stop the outcome Universal theme or appeal Emotional Protagonist fails to achieve goals Protagonist alienated from society Protagonist average or better Protagonist falls from leadership, losing respect, dreams, position Predictably unpredictable – you can expect the unlikely Often time and place oriented Intellectual, mental Protagonist achieves goals Protagonist Often becomes leader of new society; even villain is usually accepted Protagonist less than average Protagonist achieves success, often as a result of own mistakes or shortcomings Comedy

Tragedy 1.They have a flaw or make an error that has serious consequences. 2.They make no apology for their actions. 3.They set goals based on unyielding beliefs. 4.They know that almost everything worth having demands some sacrifice. 5.They are willing to make the sacrifice themselves, never asking another to make sacrifices for them. Five Characteristics Found in Tragic Characters

Pathos An element in drama that arouses feelings of pity and compassion in an audience. LEADS TO Catharsis The emotional release an audience feels after the downfall of a tragic character.

Comedy Seven Common Causes of Laughter 1.Exaggeration – an overstatement; and enlargement of the truth 2.Incongruity – that which seems out of place, out of time, or out of character

Techniques of Anticipation Plant – an idea, line or action emphasized early in the play – also known as foreshadowing. Running gag – three exposures to a plant Incompletion – a line or bit of action is started but never completed (completed with laughter) Anticlimax – a result much less important than what preceded it – building up and plummeting into a let down 3.Anticipation – when the audience is looking forward to something, i.e. a coming laugh

4.Ambiguity – double meaning – puns and word play 5.Recognition – discovering hidden or obscure meanings 6.Protection – a situation in which the audience laughs because it knows violent actions are not realistic 7.Relief – an easing of pressure that results in laughter

Two Types of Comedy Low Comedy – physical, sometimes vulgar and highly exaggerated in style and performance Examples – Moon Over Buffalo, Tom Jones  Farce – characterized by clowning, practical jokes and improbable characters and situations Examples – Arsenic and Old Lace, Noises Off  Burlesque – mocks a broad topic (physical and exaggeration) Example – Saturday Night Live  Parody – mocks a certain work by imitating the author’s style for comic effect Examples – Scary Movie, Date Movie

High Comedy – Characterized by clever lines, word plays and allusions Examples – Pride and Prejudice  Comedy of Manners – shows the humorous traits of a particular segment of society, usually the upper class Example – Emma (or anything else by Jane Austin)  Satire – humorous attacks on accepted conventions of society, holding up human vices and follies to ridicule Example – Harrison Bergeron, Waiting for Godot

Other Types of Drama Tragicomedies – both tragedy and comedy Drama – does not fit definition of tragedy but is serious in nature –Example – The Crucible Fantasy – a play that deals with unrealistic and fantastic characters –Example – Wizard of Oz Romantic Comedy – presents an idealized love affair –Example – Much Ado About Nothing Sentimental Comedy – Eighteenth Century genre that was a reaction to the immorality in Restoration dram; presents life as ideal Schmaltz – extreme sentimentality Melodrama – serious plays with primary goal of keeping an audience involved using any means –Examples – Ten Little Indians, Dial M for Murder Play of Ideas – deals with social problems or ethical issues, sometimes presenting a solution –Example – Baby With the Bath Water

Styles of Drama Style – the way in which a play is written, acted, and produced Representational – audience watching the action through an imaginary fourth wall Presentational – audience is recognized as audience and play as a play – actors may speak directly to the audience Avant-garde – new or experimental styles of an art form. Theatre Conventions – special or traditional ways of doing things to convey a particular interpretation

Styles Romanticism – focuses on emotions and imagination –Example – Cyrano deBergerac Realism – life as it actually is (unpleasant and unhappy) Dominant style of the 20 th century –Example – A Doll’s House Naturalism – human beings have little self-determination but act in response to forces of nature and society –Example – Death of a Salesman Symbolism – use symbolic elements to represent emotions, ideals and valuse –Example – The Glass Menagerie Expressionism – characters are distorted, oversimplified and symbolism (uselessness of human hopes and dreams in the face of mechanistic forces) –Example – Our Town