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Dramaterms 1
Dramaterms 1
Dramaterms 1
Other Terms:
Ethos (Character)
Mythos (plot)
Dianoia (Theme)
Lexis (Diction
Opis Staging
Hubris (Pride/Arogence
Arte (Potential)
Tragedy of hamlet:
- Good drama acts a mirror to our own lives, makes us analyse our life
- As a protagonist...
- As a cycle...
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You have the protagonist with Hamartia - his flaw that is a trait
Like the cookie monster who loves cookies
With oedipus rex he doesn't know his past
The protagonist must be noble or up in some way, because it needs to be an
important fall descent - that's why tragedy is interesting and pleasing for the
audience if richards and obama were recorded drunk there would be a big
difference
Peripeteia of the protagonist - an ironic situation
Cookie monster in a boat made of cookies
Catastrophe - Oedipus actually marries his mom and kills his father
Death or destruction - king leer goes insane (he argues with the wind)
Reversal of fate - horrid place you cant be any lower
Cookie monster eats his boat and is sinking to his death
Anagnorisis - recognizing your faults, and then acceptance
Cookie monster says i should have eaten veggies before he drowns and dies
He still dies but he knows why