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This is an archive of quotes that have appeared in the Quotes section of Portal:Literature. More quotes in wikiquote:Books. Example of a quote in wikicode: {{cquote|Read in order to live.}} ::[[Gustave Flaubert]]
The 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy". The prize was awarded in 1937. [1] He is the second American to become a literature laureate after Sinclair Lewis in 1930.
The Turn of the Play: The action of one or more of the characters which sets the course of events moving towards the crisis or climax. The Steps of Action, leading to climax (sometimes called Rising Action): A. B. C. etc. The Decisive Point of Action. Something takes place which makes it impossible for the "rising action" to go further.
Absurdist fiction is a genre of novels, plays, poems, films, or other media that focuses on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events that call into question the certainty of existential concepts such as truth or value. [1]
There's only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about; This place on third avenue; This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a little bit of the old ultra-violence; Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it; Time is money (aphorism) Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
The first act is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships, and the world they live in.Later in the first act, a dynamic, on-screen incident occurs, known as the inciting incident, or catalyst, that confronts the main character (the protagonist), and whose attempts to deal with this incident lead to a second and more dramatic situation, known as the ...
There are a variety of recursive stories based on the quote where one character tells another character a story, which itself begins with the same opening line. An example would be "It was a dark and stormy night and the Captain said to the mate, Tell us a story mate, and this is the story.
The Chorus should be written as one of the actors. As such, It should be an integral part of the whole: taking a share in the action and contributing to the unity of the plot. It is a factor in the pleasure of the drama. spectacle ; Refers to the visual apparatus of the play, including set, costumes, and props (anything you can see).