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    TYPES OF CHARACTERS

    Round - can grow and change


    - readers can see more than one side of them
    Static - one dimensional, readers can only see a single side
    - stay the same, do not develop
    - little is known about these characters
    - are flat characters
    Flat - usually minor characters
    - one sided
    Dynamic - develop and change

    Protagonist - the central action in the story


    - main character
    Antagonist - villain
    - opposes the protagonist

    WRITING DRAMA

    Drama - a node of fictional representation through dialogue and performance


    - a type of play
    - a composition of verse or prose presenting a story in pantomime or dialogue
    - contains conflicts

    General Considerations on a Play


    - the best symbol for drama is a pair of mask
    Intertextuality - shaping of text’s meaning to another text
    - similar or alike or connected
    Tragedy - represented by the sad/mournful mask
    Comedy - happy/joyful mask

    Dramatic Elements
    1. Action - what the actors say or do to achieve their objectives
    2. Antagonist - the character that stands against the protagonist
    3. Arc - the play’s storyline (spine or through-line)
    4. Aside - when the actor speaks to the audience and the actors on stage are supposed to act as if they
    cannot hear
    5. Backstory - events in the past
    6. Complications - caused the conflicts
    7. Conflicts - problems
    8. Deus ex machina - the Greek practice of lowering a god or deity to the stage to solve all problems
    9. Discovery - what is achieved when the main character realizes the reality of the situation
    10. Double Plots - subplots
    11. Dramatic convention - what the audience is willing to accept for the sake of the story
    12. Flashback - enactment of a past event for clarifications of situations
    13. Foreshadowing - hints
    14. Inciting incident - gets the plot going
    15. In Medias Res - the opening scene in a middle of an action
    16. Intrigue - a scheme by one of the characters, usually causes the complication
    17. Music - the mainstay of the musical drama
    18. Monologue - an actor’s speech delivery in the presence of others who do not speak but listen
    19. Protagonist - the main character
    20. Reversal - the character either fails or succeeds (peripety)
    21. Scenes - portions of an act
    22. Soliloquy- a speech delivered by the actor when they’re alone
    23. Stakes - what the character will gain or lose
    24. Surprise - something out of the audience’s expectation
    25. Suspense - creates a sense of uncertainty
    26. Three Unities - needed to achieve verisimilitude
    - unity of action, place, and time

    ESSAY

    Essay - an organized piece of writing that focuses on a single topic or central main idea

    Four Major Types of Essay


    1. Narrative - tells a story about a certain event in a person’s life
    - should be vivid as possible
    - usually written in 1st person POV
    2. Descriptive Essay - describing details
    - description using the five senses
    3. Expository Essay - informative
    - presents a balanced analysis of a topic
    - uses facts, statistics and examples
    - comparison and contrast essay, cause and effect, process essay
    4. Persuasive Essay - aims to convince the reader to accept the writer’s POV
    - aimed for the reader to change POV completely, taking the author as an axiom

    SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT

    Spoliarium - a Latin word referring to the basement of the Roman Colosseum where dead
    gladiators are dumped after fighting for entertainment

    Socio-Political - combination of social and political factors


    - differences between groups relating to their political beliefs, social class, etc
    Context - background, environment, setting, framework, surroundings of events
    - illuminates the meaning and relevance of the text

    Socio-Political Issues:
    - Unemployment
    - Human Rights
    - Immigration
    - Poverty
    - Crimes
    - Gender inequality

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