Elements of Drama

1. AND ITS ELEMENTS
BY: CLAREME P. GILBUENA

2.  is a composition in prose form
that presents a story entirely told in
dialogue and action and written
with the intention of its eventual
performance before an audience.

3.  SETTING
 CHARACTERS
 PLOT
 THEME
 STYLE

4.  identifies the time and place in which the event
occur.
 It consist the historical period, the moment, day
and season in which the incidents takes place.
 It also includes the sceneries and performance
which is usually found in preliminary
description.

5.  are the people in the play and thus
considered as the principal material in
drama.

6.  lays out the series of events that form
the entirety of the play.
 it serves as a structural framework
which brings the events to a cohesive
and sense.

7.  Is considered as the unifying element that defines the
dramatized idea of the play.
 It is the over-all sense or implication of the action.
 It defines the problem, emphasizes the ethical judgment and
suggest attitude or course of action that eliminates in crisis
is an acceptable way.

8.  Refers to the mode of expression or
presentation of the play which points out the
playwright’s position or viewpoint in life.