4. • why do you watch drama?
• The purpose of drama in your opinion .
5. DRAMA
• A drama is defined as a piece of
literature of which the intended
purpose is to be performed in front
of an audience.
• It is theatrical performance before the
live audience .
• a drama is a play to be performed .
7. The meaning of drama is that it is a
mode of representing fictional or
non-fictional narratives through a
performance before an audience.
8. • . It is a genre that presents
a narrative through the enactment of
characters on a stage,
• often involving dialogue, actions,
and conflicts that unfold in front of an
audience.
9. • In the domain of literature, drama often
refers to written works intended for
performance, encompassing plays and
theatrical scripts that are designed to be
enacted by actors on a stage.
10. :
• drama differs from other
forms of storytelling in its
focus on dialogue and the
interaction between
characters to convey the
narrative, themes, and
emotions.
11. DRAMA
• The structure of a dramatic work typically
includes acts and scenes,
• Through dialogue and actions, characters
reveal their motivations, conflicts, and
growth, making drama a dynamic medium
for exploring the human experience.
12. • Great dramatic works (or plays) in literature
often reflect the societal, cultural, and
psychological aspects of the time in which
they were written.
13. 1. Playwrights utilize their creations to
delve into complex themes, highlight
moral dilemmas, challenge social
norms, and provoke thought and
emotional engagement among their
audiences.
14. • Dramas can be performed on stage, on
film, or the radio. Dramas are typically
called plays, and their creators
are known as “playwrights” or
“dramatists.”
15. • Drama is a composition of prose or
poetry that is transformed into a
performance on stage. The story
progresses through interactions between
its characters and ends with a message
for the audience.
17. PLOT
• The order of events occurring in a
play make its plot. Essentially, the
plot is the story that the play
narrates.
18. • The entertainment value of a play
depends largely on the sequence of
events in the story
19. • PLOT IS A SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS
AND EVENTS ‘
• The connection between the events
and the characters in them form an
integral part of the plot.
20. • What the characters do, how
they interact, the course of
their lives as narrated by the
story, and what happens to
them in the end, constitutes
the plot.
21. • A struggle between two individuals, the
relation between them, a struggle with
self, a dilemma, or any form of conflict of
one character with himself or another
character in the play, goes into forming
the story’s plot.
22. • The story unfolds through a
series of incidents that share
a cause-and-effect
relationship.
23. • . Generally, a story begins with exposing the
past or background of the main and other
characters, and the point of conflict, then
proceeds to giving the central theme or
climax.
• Then come the consequences of the climax
and the play ends with a conclusion.
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25. • Each character in a play has a
personality of its own and a set of
principles and beliefs. Actors in the
play have the responsibility of
bringing the characters to life. The
main character in the play who the
audience identifies with, is the
protagonist. He/she represents the
theme of the play.
26. • The character that the protagonist
conflicts with, is the antagonist or
villain.
27. Characterization in Drama
• The way in which the characters are
portrayed and developed is known as
characterization. The characters act out
the story in front of the audience. They
are the agents of movement and
progression in a drama.
28. • They are responsible for perusing and
traversing the plotlines. A character has
its distinctive appearance, beliefs,
thoughts, flaws, personality, age, and
dialogues. Actors in the play have the
responsibility of bringing the characters
to life.
30. • The time and place where a story is set
is one of its important parts. The era or
time in which the incidents in the play
take place, influence the characters in
their appearance and personalities. The
time setting may affect the central theme
of the play, the issues raised (if any), the
conflict, and the interactions between
the characters.
31. • The historical and social context of the play
is also defined by the time and place where
it is set. The time period and the location in
which the story is set, affect the play’s
staging. Costumes and makeup, the
backgrounds and the furniture used, the
visuals (colors and kind of lighting), and the
sound are among the important elements of
a play that dictate how the story is
translated into a stage performance.
32. Dialog
• The story of a play is taken forward by
means of dialogs.
• It is conversation .
• It is reversal of conversation
• Interpersonal communication ,
• Mutual transfer of information
• Chain of words
33. • The story is narrated to the audiences
through the interaction between the
play’s characters, which is in the form of
dialogs.
34. • The contents of the dialogs and the
quality of their delivery have a major role
to play in the impact that the play has on
the audiences. It is through the dialogs
between characters that the story can be
understood. They are important in
revealing the personalities of the
characters
35. • The words used, the accent, tone, pattern of
speech, and even the pauses in speech, say a
lot about the character and help reveal not just
his personality, but also his social status, past,
and family background as given by the play.
Monologues and soliloquies that are speeches
given to oneself or to other characters help put
forward points that would have been difficult to
express through dialogs.
36. What is scene ?
• A scene is a part of a drama that takes
place in one location and time, and has
one main action. It is a sequence of
activities and/or dialogue that involves
specific characters.
37. • A scene should have a beginning,
middle, and end, and a point of tension
that moves the story forward
38. Act
• An act is often defined as the major
division of drama, and it forms the basic
structure of a performance. In a script or
play, the act heading is in capital letters,
followed by the act number in Roman
numerals. The number of acts is
dependent on the playwright or director.
39. • Since a scene is not long and needs to
move on to another scene, it is a
component of an act and a smaller
portion of the whole play. It is usually a
few minutes long (depending on the
dialogue and action) compared to a
whole act.
40. • .Both an act and a scene are part of a
play or performance. The main
difference between the two is in their
length and depth.
.An act consists of several scenes and
can run for a long time in a performance.
On the other hand, a scene features a
brief situation of action and dialogue.
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43. • ANY QUESTIONS ?
•To question is the
essence of literature .
