Dramatic Structure
Aristotelian
Components:
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Plot
: Beginning, Middle, & End |
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Character:
Actor Skills |
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Diction:
Articulation, Oration Skills
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Thought:
Theme and Meaning |
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Music:
Song & Melody |
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Spectacle:
All Other Skills (Dance & Design) |
Structural
Analysis (Freytag):
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Exposition:
Information, Protagonist & Antagonist |
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Inciting
Incident: Major Dramatic Question |
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Rising
& Falling Dramatic Action: Suspense |
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Crisis:
Final Conflict of the Protagonist & Antagonist |
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Climax:
Outcome of the Final Conflict |
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Resolution:
Answer to the MDQ |
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Denouement:
Tying up of Loose Ends |