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drama vocab 3
english vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| exposition | the presntation of essential informationespecially about events that have happened prior to the beginning of a play |
| prologos | prologue |
| proskenion | the playing space in front of the skene or scene house in greek drama |
| repatee | verbal banter |
| revenge tragedy | sensational tragedy popularized in the elizebethan age that is notable for bloody plots involving such elements as murder, ghosts, insanity, and crimes of lust |
| scaene | the stage house in roman drama, was extremely ornamated |
| senecan tragedy | tragic drama modeled on plays written bySeneca. the Genre usually has 5 acts and a chorus |