Far left image: "Tumblr." Romeo and Juliet 1968. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
Middle image: "Movie Mistakes: Movie Mistakes: Romeo and Juliet (1968)." Movie Mistakes: Movie Mistakes: Romeo and Juliet (1968). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
Far right image: ""Cupid, He Rules Us All"" Lunch.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
Middle image: "Movie Mistakes: Movie Mistakes: Romeo and Juliet (1968)." Movie Mistakes: Movie Mistakes: Romeo and Juliet (1968). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
Far right image: ""Cupid, He Rules Us All"" Lunch.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
Drama Terms
Act: One of the main divisions of a play or an opera
Aside: Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, not "heard" by the other characters on stage
Comic Relief: An amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action
Dialogue: Conversation between characters in literary works
Drama: A story acted out usually on a stage with actors/actresses that are specific characters
Foil: A character created by the author to create a contrast to another character by laying emphasis or drawing attention to the foil’s traits and characteristics through the other character’s obviously contradictory ones.
Foreshadow: Hinting at something that will happen
Imagery: The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
Irony: Use of words in opposite of its literal meaning or between what happens and what is expected to happen in life and literature
Mood: Prevailing emotional tone or attitude
Oxymoron: A figure of speech that presents a self contradictory effect
Paradox: Statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
Pun: Humorous use of words to present the different meanings of a word
Scene: Place where action or events occur
Soliloquy: A speech meant to be heard by the audience and not other characters on the stage. If there are no other characters present, then the character is thinking aloud
Stage directions: Instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements
Theme: A central idea, concept or topic
Tragedy: A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction
Tragic flaw: The weakness that leads to the fall of the protagonist
Simile: Comparison of two different things using like or as
Aside: Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, not "heard" by the other characters on stage
Comic Relief: An amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action
Dialogue: Conversation between characters in literary works
Drama: A story acted out usually on a stage with actors/actresses that are specific characters
Foil: A character created by the author to create a contrast to another character by laying emphasis or drawing attention to the foil’s traits and characteristics through the other character’s obviously contradictory ones.
Foreshadow: Hinting at something that will happen
Imagery: The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
Irony: Use of words in opposite of its literal meaning or between what happens and what is expected to happen in life and literature
Mood: Prevailing emotional tone or attitude
Oxymoron: A figure of speech that presents a self contradictory effect
Paradox: Statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
Pun: Humorous use of words to present the different meanings of a word
Scene: Place where action or events occur
Soliloquy: A speech meant to be heard by the audience and not other characters on the stage. If there are no other characters present, then the character is thinking aloud
Stage directions: Instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements
Theme: A central idea, concept or topic
Tragedy: A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction
Tragic flaw: The weakness that leads to the fall of the protagonist
Simile: Comparison of two different things using like or as