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CHAPTER II The Merchan of Venice

The document discusses the origin and types of drama, setting of plays, structure of drama including plot and characters, devices used in drama, and interpreting plays. It covers many aspects of drama through sections on the origin of Othello as a play, what defines a tragedy, elements of plays, structure of plots and characters, dramatic devices, and analyzing a play's meaning.

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CHAPTER II The Merchan of Venice

The document discusses the origin and types of drama, setting of plays, structure of drama including plot and characters, devices used in drama, and interpreting plays. It covers many aspects of drama through sections on the origin of Othello as a play, what defines a tragedy, elements of plays, structure of plots and characters, dramatic devices, and analyzing a play's meaning.

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CHAPTER II

DISCUSSION

A. The Origin of Drama

Othello was first performed by the King’s Men at the court of King James I on
November 1, 1604. Written during Shakespeare’s great tragic period, which also included
the composition of Hamlet (1600), King Lear (1604–5), Macbeth (1606), and Antony and
Cleopatra (1606–7), Othello is set against the backdrop of the wars between Venice and
Turkey that raged in the latter part of the sixteenth century.

B. Types of Drama
Othello is a tragedy because it tells the story of a noble, principled hero who
makes a tragic error of judgment, leading to a devastating climax in which most of the
characters end up either dead or seriously wounded.

C. The World of The Plays


a) The Types of Plays

b) Setting
c) Theme
d) Characters
e) Plot
f) Sources
g) Style
h) Outstanding future of Plays

D. Structure of Drama
a) Plot
b) Story and Plot
c) Changes of Structure
E. Structure of Characters
a) The Terminology of Characters
b) Characters in Action
c) Motivation of Characters
d) The Types of Characters
e) The Roles of Characters
f) Devices of Characteri zations
g) Techniques of Chacarterizations

F. Further Dimension and Devices


a) Dramatic Irony
b) Pathos
c) Sentimentalism
d) Cynicism
e) Denoument
f) Parody
g) Reversal
h) Didactism
i) Domestic Tragedy
j) Blank Verse
k) Interprenting the Play

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