Elements of Drama_Characterization_Setting_Theme.pdf

This file discusses the other elements of drama namely characterization, setting, and theme

1. Elements of drama
Character, Setting, THEME

2. Characterization
Ability to create characters and to ensure that they
blend/suit the action of the play.

3. How to Identify Character?
Through
character’s
name
Through
what
characters
say
Through
what
characters
do
Through
what other
characters
say about
him/her

4. Types of Characters

5. Types of Characters

6. How to define
a character?
❑Identifying a character through what
he/she does
❑Identifying a character through what
he/she says
❑Identifying a character through what
other people say about him/her
❑Giving a detail description of physical
attributes
❑Giving a detail description of moral,
psychological and social disposition.
A character’s action helps to define
his/her personality and his/her
behavior in any given circumstance
or situation.

7. Hamlet in 1948 version Hamlet in 1989 version

8. SETTING
Setting is the location of a play. It is the time and place
when and where the action of the play takes place.

9. Types of Setting
Geographical/
Physical/ Occupational
This is the actual
geographical location
of the story and
whatever surrounds
the place where the
story is located. It also
includes the manner of
daily living of the
people.
Temporal/ Historical
Setting
This is the period in
which a story takes
place. This includes the
date, the season, the
general atmosphere in
the locale like war, fuel
scarcity, democratic or
military rule.
General Environmental
Setting
The social, moral,
emotional, mental and
religious backgrounds
of the story.

10. THEME

11. Thank You
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