Six Elements

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Six Elements

• 1. Plot
• 2. Character
• 3 Thought
• 4. Diction
• 5. Music
• 6. Spectacle

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Plot

• Aristotle called this the "the life and soul of
  the drama."
• Most important of six elements
• "the arrangement of the incidents"
• The plays plot consists of the selected
  incidences and their sequence
• Beginning, middle and end

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Character

• "the agent for the action"
• Makes the action possible
• We recognize characters by what they do
• Actors are the doers of the character's actions

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Thought

• Meaning of the play
• The message
• What is the universal truth of the play?
• What is the message of a film or play you have
  seen?

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Diction

• Order of the words
• Vocabulary
• Are you all right?
• O'wite?
• What's up?
• Wassup?

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Music

• Everything we hear
• Sound effects
• Music
• Actors voices
• Leather shoes on the wooden stage

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Spectacle

• What we see on stage
• Least important to Aristotle for tragedy.
• Do we need to see comedy?

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Can you apply the Six Elements?

• 1. Plot
• 2. Character
• 3 Thought
• 4. Diction
• 5. Music
• 6. Spectacle