Across
- 4. a parallel or smaller plot that coexists with the main action of the play
- 6. a character says something to the audience that isn't heard by the other characters
- 8. the events in the play
- 9. a dramatic work in which the main theme is triumph over adverse circumstances
- 13. a group of characters in a Greek tragedy who act like narrators and comment on the action
- 16. a conversation between two or more characters
- 17. the playwright's instructions to the actors
- 20. a character who undergoes little to no inner change
- 21. a character's main drive or purpose
Down
- 1. the arrogant pride in a character that will ultimately lead to his/her downfall
- 2. the invisible division between the characters and the audience
- 3. lines spoken by only one character
- 5. when a character says something to the audience that isn't heard by the other characters
- 6. the major division in a play can be divided into scenes
- 7. this person undergoes an important change or development during the play
- 10. a subdivision of an act one event or conversation
- 11. a secondary character whose situation parallels the main character's
- 12. a type of drama in which characters experience a reversal I fortune, usually of the worse
- 14. an introductory speech that introduces background information or characters
- 15. a hero's weakness, usually resulting in his/her demise
- 18. hinting at what is to come sometimes through an object that becomes important later in the play
- 19. the main character in the literary work the on we rood for
