... from the Comedie Francaise. Denis Diderot, who compiled and edited the Encyclopedia, vehemently argued against neoclassicism's restriction on genre (comedy and tragedy) in several philosophical essays, and advocated an illusion of reality in drama (i.e., prose dialogue and the use of the fourth wall) in order to properly move an audience. However, despite Diderot's strong beliefs his arguments had little ... differences between it and French classicism. Firstly, he recognized the genius of Shakespeare, showing that only a perverted interpretation of Aristotle would exclude the English po...

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... a "desperate drama"." The distance between what his characters can achieve and what they want to achieve is the cause of the tragic aspect of these people's lives. Ibsen saw in the contradiction between ability and aspiration the individual's tragedy and comedy simultaneously. It was on this basic concept that he created the Priest Rosmer and his scruffy teacher, Ulrik Brendel. These ... two people, who are reflections of each other, end up on the brink of an abyss where they see nothing but life's emptiness and insignificance. Ibsen's plays ... made no rigid commitments to any one par...

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... Drama was never intended to be written anyway because before the printing press it was not economical. The play was either performed or a figment of the imagination. So what does this say? A play is not a play if it is not performed. Poetry has taken a step in the ... almost completely responsible for a plays ability to communicate to e audience. The theatrical atmosphere of a play such as dramatic lighting, sound effects, dialect, voice command, etc. are also contributors to the elements of drama. Another element to concentrate on is its purpose. Drama can be used to introduce ... an ...

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