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What is Drama?

What is Drama?. NOT this…. What Is Drama?. A drama is a story enacted onstage for a live audience. What Is Drama?. Origins of Drama The word drama comes from the Greek verb dran, which means “to do.” The earliest known plays . . . were written around the fifth century B.C.

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What is Drama?

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  1. What is Drama?

  2. NOT this….

  3. What Is Drama? A drama is a story enacted onstage for a live audience.

  4. What Is Drama? • Origins of Drama • The word drama comes from the Greek verb dran, which means “to do.” • The earliest known plays . . . • were written around the fifth century B.C. • produced for festivals to honor Dionysus, a Greek god

  5. Raise your hand if you recognize this movie…..

  6. Dramatic Structure Like the plot of a story, the plot of a play involves characters who face a problem or conflict. Climax point of highest tension;action determines how the conflict will be resolved Complications tension builds Resolution conflict is resolved; play ends Expositioncharacters and conflictare introduced

  7. Dramatic Structure Conflict isa struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces. A conflict may develop . . . • between characters who want different things or the same thing • between a character and his or her circumstances/fate/nature • within a character who is torn by competing desires

  8. Performance of a Play When you read a play, remember that it is meant to be performed for an audience.

  9. The Characters The characters’ speech may take any of the following forms.

  10. Mythology

  11. Myth • A myth is a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of the elements of nature. • A myth often contains a mythic hero, who is a powerful person with unusual gifts who undertakes superhuman tasks, sometimes with the help of the gods. Home

  12. Myths are stories that are always in some ways religious.

  13. They helped ancient peoples understand the forces of nature.

  14. Myths helped explain fire, lightning, drought, floods and death.

  15. Myths probably were first told when people began to have questions about the creation of the world.

  16. Early myth makers probably did not know how to write…

  17. Trivia Moment….. • Name that movie!

  18. King of the Gods:Zeus (Greek)Jupiter (Roman)

  19. Wife of Zeus Hera (Greek) Juno (Roman

  20. Apollo(for both)God of the Sun

  21. Goddess of WisdomAthene (Greek)Minerva (Roman)

  22. Goddess of BeautyAphrodite (Greek)Venus (Roman)

  23. Trivia Moment….. • Name that movie!

  24. Ruler of the Seas:Poseidon or Neptune

  25. You have probably heard of Neptune…..

  26. PerseusSon of Zeus and a mortal

  27. Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece and was thought to be the location of the palace of Zeus.

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