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Reviewing Comedy and Drama
As a review before your final project, match the terms with the appropriate description.
- a play of a light nature with a cheerful ending
- Comedy
- Romanticism
- Drama
- High Comedy
Answer: a. Comedy - physical and vulgar comedy
- Middle Comedy
- Drama
- Romanticism
- Low Comedy
Answer: d. Low Comedy - humor that demonstrates a range of human emotions
- Romanticism
- Drama
- Middle Comedy
- Low Comedy
Answer: c. Middle Comedy - humor that appeals to the mind
- High Comedy
- Romanticism
- Low Comedy
- Middle Comedy
Answer: a. High Comedy - a literary composition performed onstage
- Romanticism
- Drama
- High Comedy
- Low Comedy
Answer: b. Drama - plays in which love is the theme
- Drama
- Middle Comedy
- Romanticism
- Low Comedy
Answer: c. Romanticism
- plays that present life as it really is
- Realism
- Expressionism
- Symbolism
- Romanticism
Answer: a. Realism
- Realism
- a style of theatre that focuses on spiritual awakening and suffering of the protagonist
- Realism
- Symbolism
- Expressionism
- Romanticism
Answer: c. Expressionism - Realism
- when one element represents something else
- Romanticism
- Realism
- Expressionism
- Symbolism
Answer: d. Symbolism - the performers acknowledge the audience and ask them to play a more active role
- Representational Theatre
- Presentational Theatre
- Romanticism
- Symbolism
Answer: b. Presentational Theatre - the play attempts to convince the audience that the world on the stage is real
- Presentational Theatre
- Symbolism
- Representational Theatre
- Romanticism
Answer: c. Representational Theatre - Presentational Theatre
- the main character in a play
- Supporting Role
- Antagonist
- Protagonist
- Realism
Answer: c. Protagonist - the person who is actively against the main character in the play.
- Supporting Role
- Antagonist
- Protagonist
- Realism
Answer: b. Antagonist - the next largest roles in a play after the leads
- Protagonist
- Antagonist
- Symbolism
- Supporting Role
Answer: d. Supporting Role