7 dramatic forms of contemporary theater
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chandlertatgenhorst16 on October 11, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tragedy | more than an unhappy ending it is a statement about human fraility. Tragic hero chooses opposition over compromise and freely chooses fate, inevitabily experiences a fall. Asserts will against imperfect world. tragic realization- usually takes two forms, desperate suffereing order exists, human acts are futile, hero's actions are celebrated. |
| Comedy | the comic playwrite examines the social world, people as social begins, how to live in a society. |
| Tragic Comedy | mixed dramaitc form, neither tragic or comic. Serious play with good fortune. Alls well that ends well. Ex-waiting for godot. |
| Modern "American" Tragic Comedy | humanity's endurace despite little potential for change. |
| Farce | a comedy of situation, exaggerated physical activites, presesnts life coincidental. Allows us to experience social taboos. Violence without consequence. |
| Epic | characters represent individuals and collective beings. Eyewitness account-actors should differentiate from characters. Actors are free to comment on characters. The alienataion effect-jarring audience out of sympathetic feelings for characters encourages audience to be objective. |
| Melodrama | combination of music and drama. Happy ending through destruction of villian. The way we see the world most of the time. Endings are clearcut, oversimplifies human experience. |
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