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Also in Drama
Henry Arthur Jones 1851-1929,
English Dramatist
Demands of the audience or the
reader (like a child); Tell me a
story
Story, incident and situation relates
to the development of the
character
Shakespeares Macbeth is a
remarkable tragedy because of
the character
Macbeth himself
and not the action
(murders) that he
performs.
Merchant of Venice is a great
Comedy because of the characters
that perform such actions
Characterization in the
Drama
CONDITION 1:
BREVITY OF TREATMENT
Dramatist,unlike Novelist should
concern purpose and character
within narrow restricted few scenes
Alsoshould be concerned
with the progress of the
story
Illustration
Macbeth: condensed treatment of action and
character
Withinfirst act
(brevity/shortness), we
come to know about
these two characters
motives
In
this first act within a limited
setting, characterization is done
CONDITION 2
IMPERSONALITY
Novelist
- freedom to lay his
thoughts and feelings and pass
judgments upon the characters
This
makes it difficult to understand the
broad characteristics of their principal
personalities
To
understand characterization, it is
necessary to refer to actions
accompanied by the dialogue
Dialogue
is an essential
supplementary to the action in a play
In
drama, not only does the work of
analysis and commentary, but also
works as a substitute for them
Dialogue
in drama a means for
Characterization
The
remarks made about him by other
characters in the play
(a misogynist comment)
Reveal through Surprise
Antonio
Caesar
There
is one exception where a
Dialogue becomes the only
substitute a dramatist has for a
novels direct analysis and
commentary
Conditions
Brevity
impersonality
Methods