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Dramatic, a voice type classification in European classical music, describing a specific vocal weight and range at the lower end of a given voice part; Dramatic soprano, a strong voice which can be heard over an orchestra; Dramatic, an album by Casiopea; The Dramatics, 1960s American soul music vocal group
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
A tragedy is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters. [1] Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsis, or a "pain [that] awakens pleasure,” for the audience.
There are four basic theatrical genres either defined, implied, or derived by or from Aristotle: Tragedy, Comedy, Melodrama, and Drama.Any number of theatrical styles can be used to convey these forms.
Ekphrasis or ecphrasis (from the Greek) is a rhetorical device indicating the written description of a work of art. [1] It is a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined.
a dramatic technique in which a line is said by one character to him or herself or to the audience. The line is unheard by the other characters onstage. Audience People watching a drama. Avenue Staging the staging of a performance with the audience placed on two sides, as though the performance space is a street.
A story structure, narrative structure, or dramatic structure (also known as a dramaturgical structure) is the structure of a dramatic work such as a book, play, or film. There are different kinds of narrative structures worldwide, which have been hypothesized by critics, writers, and scholars over time.
Apart from the dramatic linking of the character of Hamlet with the murderer Brutus (foreshadowing Hamlet's murder of Polonius later in the play), the audience's awareness of the identities of the actors and their previous roles is comically referenced. Another example from Shakespeare is in Act V of A Midsummer Night's Dream.