DRAMAS!!!!!! dramas are meant to be performed: the movement an actor makes, the style and tone of voice in which he delivers his lines- these are aspects that are quite lost when one reads a drama rather than sees it performed.
THERE are many different types of dramas, the most common two being comedies and tragedies, (hence the widely known little happy/sad masks that represent dramas!!!)
comedies typically end in happiness; the hero marries the heroine and obstacles are overcome. the protagonists have common sense and are good, likeable characters. (like twelfth night, we read in brit lit.)
in tragedies, the main character usually meets their untimely death. he is usually of high stature or nobility (makes his fall even greater!) and though his downfall is his own fault, he usually gains knowledge but is overpunished. (for instance, macbeth.)
a little vocab:
- catharsis - an emotional release
- hamartia - criminal act committed in ignorance
- soliloquy - a character thinking aloud to one's self
- aside - speaking to the audience
i believe that learning these common aspects of comedies and tragedies will help us better understand literature we have read in the past, and will help us as we read new dramas.
there are also many other types of dramas, like melodrama (tragic action and happy endings), farce (slapstick/ridiculous complications in plot), comedies of manner (humorously portrays fashionable life), bourgeois drama (serious plays examining everyday people,) and more.
OH NOES PLAGIARISM!!!!
plagiarism = bad.
not only is copying and pasting plagiarism, but so is inadequacy to paraphrase properly without giving credit, AND simply copying ideas and structure.
in most universities, a paper plagiarized in part or in full, intentionally or by accident, will result in an automatic FAILURE!
so take the necessary precautions, and cite your work.
