ACTIVE REVISION LESSONSVOLUME 1 - LESSON 3 C

Drama and Love and Marriage

Complete the sentences on drama

Drama begins as a written text, a …………………., but it is meant for…………….....................…………. .

A piece of drama is referred to as a ……………… .

The person who writes it is the ……………………..................... .

Plays can be divided into ……………. and ...……...............…. and a scene covers a single

………............….. in a single …………………….. .

The performance of a play requires a stage, …………………. and an ………...............…………. .

The actors are sometimes assisted by a ………………………….., in case they forget

their lines.

The main parts of a play are the speeches of the characters which can be

• ………………………….. (involving two or more people),

• ………………………….. (when a character speaks alone but others are present on

the stage),

• ………………………….. (when a character is alone on the stage),

• ………………………….. (comments made directly by the character to the audience).

Complete the sentences onspeeches in drama

The speeches serve a number of functions. They give information on

• the……………………...…... of the story,

• the ……………………….… in the story,

• the …………………………. between characters

• ………………………………… not shown directly in the play

Complete the sentences on the functions of speeches in drama

Complete the sentences on the functions of stage directions in dramaStage directions describe/indicate

• a character’s ………………………..…. appearance and his/her ……………………………

………………………………………………….……………. and relationships,

• ……………………….….. and movements,

• …………………….……., hesitations, ……………………….. and tone of ……………..…………..

in the speeches,

• the ………………………… .

Complete the sentences on characters in drama

A script usually begins with a list of the …………………………………………………..……… .

The most important character is the ……………………….……………….or hero /………………………. .

Other important characters are referred to as …………………. characters.

The term ‘……………………character’ refers to one with a lesser role.

Characters can be …………………………………………. (psychologically realistic) or …………….

and resemble caricatures of certain personality traits or types.

Characterisation occurs through the character’s …………………………… and

through the ………………………………………….………. .

Complete the sentences on tragedy

Tragedy has a particular structure:

• ………………………………..…………….… - a positive initial phase in which the characters are

in a condition of harmony,

• ……………………………………..………… - with an increase in the happiness of the characters,

• …………………….………….. - the highest and happiest moment,

• ………………………………… - when the characters’ good fortune is reversed,

• ………………………………… - the reversal of good fortune continues and worsens,

• …………………………………………………………………………… - the disastrous moment when all hope

of recovery disintegrates.

Complete the sentenceson tragic characters

Tragic characters are recognizable for their

• high …………………………………….,

• …………………………….. which draws them inevitably to disaster,

• ……………………………………………………..…………………………. and their multi-faceted personality

which develops in the course of the play,

• ………………………………… or shortcoming in their personality often referred to as the

‘…………………………………...’,

• use of a …………………………………..……………..…………… which suits their intensity of feeling,

• use of ………………………………………………….……………………..……. to better reveal their feelings

and thoughts and their complexity.

Complete the sentences on the role of the audience in tragedyThe audience of a tragedy participates …………………………………….. .

Their ……………………………………. position means that they are aware of events and

problems not all the characters know of.

The audience is unable to …………………………….. the situation, despite their knowledge.

They therefore feel the……………………….. , grief and pain of the characters and,

after the final catastrophe, a sense of ………………… and release of tension.

Aristotle referred to this ‘purgation’ as ‘………….……………………’.

Complete the sentences on comedy

Comedy has a certain structure:

In the …………………………..…………., the characters find themselves in a state of

………………………….……… to one another or to their world.

During the ……………………………………….. , the problems go from bad to worse and new

problems are added to the existing ones.

In the closing scenes of a comedy the problems begin to ……………...………… and

…………………………..…. in what is referred to as the ‘……………………………………..…’.

The ending of a comedy is a ………………………....……..., often marked by songs,

dances and …………………………………... .

Complete the sentences on humourand characters in comedyComedy makes use of various types of humour:

• ……………………..humour - when the audience is amused by what the

characters say,

• ……………………………………....humour- when the audience is amused by the way

the characters behave

• ……………………………………… humour is when the audience is amused by incredible or

• improbable situations on stage

Comedy generally has ………………………. characters who do not change and

develop in the course of the play.

• the play’s author and style

• the main storyline

• why it can be referred to as a social satire

and a farce

Say one or two sentences in reference to the following about the play The Importance of Being Earnest

• its author and its type

• its main storyline

• its tragic conclusion

Say one or two sentences in reference to the following about the play Romeo and Juliet

• its author and its type

• its main storyline

• its happy conclusion

Say one or two sentences in reference to the following about the play Twelfth Night