As a literary form, drama is designed for the theatre because characters are assigned roles and

they act out their roles as the action is enacted on stage. Generally, the word dramatist is used
for any artist who is involved in any dramatic composition either in writing or in performance.
is the most concrete of all genres of literature. When you are reading a novel, you read a story
as told by the novelist. The poem’s message in most cases is not direct because it is presented
in a condensed language. The playwright does not tell the story instead you get the story as
the characters interact and live out their experiences on stage. Drama is therefore presented in
dialogue.
Form: Plays are structured into acts that can be further divided into scenes. Generally the
wants and desires of one character will conflict with another character. Drama is presented in
dialogue. When we read a novel or a short story, we understand and appreciate the story
through the narrator or author but in drama the characters live out the story for us. The
playwright does not comment or explain anything. So, drama gives us a direct presentation of
life experiences.

Types of Drama
1. Tragedy
A tragedy is a type of drama where the characters go through some form of suffering, a type
of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worse.
Catastrophe and suffering await many of the characters, especially the hero. A Tragedy is
written in a serious tone.
It deals with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught
relationships between men and gods. The main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible
crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his
error, the world crumbles around him. Aristotle argued that tragedy cleansed the heart
through pity and terror, purging us of our concerns and worries by making us aware that there
can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'.