IDEA Vocabulary: Drama
Allison Williams & Mitchell Juchno
Aside-
a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
~In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are having a conversation and Juliet is talking and Romeo says to the crowd "Shall i hear more, or shall i speak at this?" Only the crowd heard that.
~Juliet made an aside comment.
Foil-
a person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another
~ Haymitch and Effie
~Effie and Haymitch are could characters.
Pun-
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
~ I built this with my bear hands.
~The guy on CNN Student News likes to makes puns at the end of every episode.
Monologue-
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
~Can and Can
~The word can could be used as a monologue.
Soliloquy-
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
~“To be, or not to be–that is the question:Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
~The play included several soliloquies.
Tragedy-
a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, esp. one concerning the downfall of the main character
~Romeo and Juliet
~Shakespeare wrote several tragedies.