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Elements of Drama
In drama, a mime is a person who conveys a story by means of
pantomime. Mimes nowadays are thought of as people in white face
paint and black clothes doing comedy.
Naturalism in drama refers to the belief that a play should try to
represent reality as closely as possible. Realism in drama occurs when a
play resembles real life, such as showing political events that occurred
within a country. Depending on the era, these events were relevant to
society.
Elements of Drama are:
The first element of drama, explicitly the thought, theme, and
ideas of a production, describes what the play means as
conflicting to what happens throughout the plot. It deals with
the complete messages of a production.
The second element of drama, action and plot, deals with
what happens throughout the production as well as the main
conflicts. It includes the exposition, the rising action, climax,
falling action and resolution of the play.
The third element of drama, characters, describes the people
involved in the plot of the play.
The fourth element, language, refers to the words chosen by
the playwright as well as the way in which the characters
speak them. The dialect chosen helps drive the play and
shapes the background of individual characters.
The fifth element, music, refers to any music that drives the
play forward and heightens excitement or suspense
throughout. Music is a part of most theatrical productions,
but not all. The spectacle element, or the props, scenery,