Dramatic Structure and Language (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Five-act structure pattern in MSND
Five-act structure pattern in MSND
Order (Athens) → chaos (forest) → harmony (Athens); symmetrical
Court-forest-court structure acts
Court-forest-court structure acts
Court (I & V)=order/law; Forest (II-IV)=chaos/magic/transformation
Liminal space
Liminal space
Transitional realm where normal rules suspend; transformation possible
Peripeteia
Peripeteia
Sudden reversal of circumstances (occurs in Act IV of MSND)
Linguistic register
Linguistic register
Variety of language used in particular social contexts
Three linguistic registers in MSND
Three linguistic registers in MSND
Noble blank verse, fairy rhymed couplets, mechanical prose
Blank verse
Blank verse
Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter (nobles speak this)
Iambic pentameter structure
Iambic pentameter structure
10 syllables with alternating unstressed-STRESSED beats (da-DUM×5)
Meta-theatrical
Meta-theatrical
Play draws attention to itself as theatrical performance
Act V linguistic convergence effect
Act V linguistic convergence effect
All three registers merge; imagination democratises, transcends class