Across
- 5. the error of a hero that leads to their downfall
- 9. the story that is told
- 10. a performance using gestures and movements without words
- 13. someone who writes plays
- 18. a dramatic speech giving the illusion of unspoken reflection
- 20. a subdivision of an act or play
- 21. drama exciting terror or pity
- 22. the principal character in a work of fiction
Down
- 1. a work intended for performance by actors on stage
- 2. the lines spoken by characters in a drama
- 3. the context and environment in which something is situated
- 4. when the audience understands something the characters do not
- 6. a humorous play on words
- 7. a body of dancers, singers, speakers, who perform together
- 8. a person or thing that serves to contrast with another
- 11. someone or something that offers opposition
- 12. instruction or description written in the script of a play
- 13. an introductory section of a novel or literary work
- 14. a dramatic speech by a single actor
- 15. any dramatic scene
- 16. a line spoken by an actor not intended for others on stage
- 17. conjoined contradictory terms
- 19. the reason that arouses action toward a desired goal