{"id":23545,"date":"2020-12-20T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/?p=23545"},"modified":"2020-12-20T18:36:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:36:20","slug":"a-drama-is-the-literary-form-designed-for-presentation-by-actors-representing-the-characters-sounds-simple-doesnt-it-basically-that-definition-is-accurate-but-as-youre-probably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/20\/a-drama-is-the-literary-form-designed-for-presentation-by-actors-representing-the-characters-sounds-simple-doesnt-it-basically-that-definition-is-accurate-but-as-youre-probably\/","title":{"rendered":"A drama is the literary form designed for presentation by actors representing the characters. Sounds simple, doesn\u2019t it? 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Although most dramas incorporate these critical elements, the methods of doing so are different from the methods used by a short story writer.<br \/>\nIn your Literature textbook, read \u201cThe Nature of Drama\u201d (pages 1027\u20131032) and \u201cRealistic and Nonrealistic Drama\u201d (pages 1074\u20131078).<\/p>\n<p>When you finish reading \u201cThe Nature of Drama\u201d and \u201cRealistic and Nonrealistic Drama,\u201d come back to this study guide to read the following commentary. An audience in a film understands that filmmakers use special effects. Films are often judged by how realistic these special effects are. When a car explodes in a movie, viewers know that the stuntman driving the car has safely exited the vehicle; when rockets battle each other, viewers know that they\u2019re really seeing computer animation or drawings of some kind. However, when people enter the theater to watch a film, they choose to \u201csuspend their disbelief,\u201d to use a phrase of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. They do the same thing when they go to see a play. They enter a world of \u201clet\u2019s pretend\u201d or of \u201cmake-believe\u201d that\u2019s familiar to them from childhood. The playwright can choose to create a realistic drama, where the<\/p>\n<p>action is played out in a recognizable setting, for example, a living room, a nursing home, or a used-car lot. Or the playwright can choose an unrealistic setting, such as the surface of the moon, an enchanted wood, or a magic garden. Certain dramatic conventions apply. Most plays are presented on a stage that has three walls. The audience understands that the fourth wall is invisible. The lowering or raising of the curtain or of the lights signals the start and stop of the action. Some plays are performed with elaborate sets and scenery; others, with minimal staging and props. If the playwright and actors have done their jobs, the audience falls into the reality of the production. Together, the actors and audience pretend that it\u2019s real. It\u2019s sometimes a shock to see an actor who has portrayed an invalid walk confidently on stage to take his bow at the end of a performance. He may have been so convincing that the audience thought he was an invalid in real life.<\/p>\n<p>Tragedy and Comedy<br \/>\nRead the section called \u201cTragedy and Comedy\u201d in your Literature textbook (pages 1209\u20131216).<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019ve finished reading \u201cTragedy and Comedy,\u201d come back to this study guide to read the following commentary. The first play you\u2019ll read is Oedipus Rex, a tragedy. A tragedy is a type of drama that usually ends in the downfall and suffering of the protagonist. Oedipus Rex fulfills the qualities that Aristotle set out for a tragedy. Oedipus is a noble king. He\u2019s better than an ordinary man; he has extraordinary qualities of leadership and a nobility of character. The play brings him from happiness to misery, and his fall results from a criminal act committed in ignorance, or what Aristotle called hamartia. The story of Oedipus involves both a reversal of fortune and a discovery. The audience understands from the beginning that Oedipus is a noble king. His downfall and discovery trigger a catharsis of emotions in the audience. The term catharsis means an emotional release as a result of a<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/orders\/ordernow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyj99p60XCLyLk1htB7-1neRt8-2QdnenNlQ&usqp=CAU\"target=\"_http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/orders\/ordernow\"\/><\/center><p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drama is the literary form designed for presentation by actors representing the characters. 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