 5. Setting identifies the time and place in which the events occur.

It consists of the historical period,

the moment, day and season in which the incidents take place. It also includes the sceneries in the
performance which are usually found in the preliminary descriptions.

 6. Characters are the people in the play and thus considered as the principal material in a drama.

 7. Character Aspects Physical Social • Physical identifies peripheral facts such as age, sexual category,
size, race and color. It deals with external attributes which may be envisaged from the description of the
playwright or deduced from what the characters say or what other characters verbalize about his
appearance. • Social embraces all aspects that can be gleaned from the character’s world or
environment as exemplified by the economic status, occupation or trade, creed, familial affiliation of the
characters.

 8. Character Aspects Psychological Moral • Moral discloses the decisions of the characters, either
socially acceptable or not, exposing their intentions, thus projecting what is upright or not. Psychological
discloses the inner mechanism of the mind of the character as exemplified by his habitual responses,
attitudes, longings, purposes, likes and dislikes. It is considered as the most indispensable level of
character categorization because routines and emotions, thoughts, attitude and behavior enable the
readers to know the character intrinsically.

 9. Plot lays out the series of events that form the entirety of the play. It serves as a structural
framework which brings the events to a cohesive form and sense.

 10. Types of Plot Natural Plot Episodic Plot • Natural Plot is a chronological sequence of events
arrangement where actions continuously take place as an end result of the previous action • Episodic
Plot – each episode independently comprises a setting, climax, and resolution; therefore, a full story in
itself is formed.

 11. Theme is considered as the unifying element that defines the dramatized idea of the play. It is the
over-all sense or implication of the action. It defines the problem, emphasizes the ethical judgment and
suggest attitude or course of action that eliminates the crisis is an acceptable way.

 12. Style refers to the mode of expression or presentation of the play which points out the
playwright’s position or viewpoint in life. STYLE

 13. Major Dramatic Attitude Realism Non-realism • Realism is an accurate detailed, and life-like
description in a play where things are presented as real as can be set in actual life, with dialogues
sounding like day- to-day conversation. • Non-realism is method of presentation identified as something
stylized or theatricalized whereby artist uses his feral imagination in projecting his ideas.

 14. TYPES OF DRAMA

 15. Tragedy is a type of drama that shows the downfall and destruction of a noble or outstanding
person, traditionally one who possesses a character weakness called a tragic flaw. The tragic hero,
through choice or circumstance, is caught up in a sequence of events that inevitably results in disaster.
 16. Comedy is a type of drama intended to interest and amuse the audience rather than make them
deeply concerned about events that happen. The characters overcome some difficulties, but they always
overcome their ill fortune and find happiness in the end.

 17. Tragicomedy is a play that does not adhere strictly to the structure of tragedy. This is usually
serious play that also has some of the qualities of comedy. It arouses thought even with laughter.

 18. Farce is a play that brings laughter for the sake of laughter, usually making use grossly embellished
events and characters. It has very swift movements, has ridiculous situations, and does not stimulate
thought.

 19. Melodrama shows events that follow each other rapidly, but seems to be governed always by
chance. The characters are victims in the hands of merciless fate.