Title: 
Headings: Glossary of  Dramatic Terms
Glossary
 
of
  
Dramatic
 
Terms
 

Recognition:
 
See
 
denouement.
 

Unity
 
of
  
time,
 
place,
 
and
 
action
 
("the
 
unities"):
                                                                          

Sources
  


Content: The
 
opening
 
scene
 
of
  
Act
 
V
 
of
  
Hamlet,
 
in
 
which
 
a
 
gravedigger
 
banters
 
with
 
Hamlet. Conflict: There
 
is
 
no
 
drama
 
without
 
conflict. The
 
conflict
 
between
 
opposing
 
forces
 
in
 
a
 
play
 
can
 
be
  
external
  
(between
  
characters)
  
or
  
internal
  
(within
  
a
  
character)
  
and
  
is
  
usually
  
resolved
  
by
  
the
 
end
 
of
  
the
 
play. Example: Lady
  
Gregory's
  
one-act
  
play
 
The
  
Rising
  
of
   
the
  
Moon
 
exemplifies
  
both
  
types
  
of
  
conflict
  
as
  
the
  
Policeman
  
wrestles
  
with
  
his
  
conscience
  
in
  
an
  
inner
  
conflict
  
and
  
confronts
  
an
 
antagonist
 
in
 
the
 
person
 
of
  
the
 
ballad
 
singer. Complication: An
 
intensification
 
of
  
the
 
conflict
 
in
 
a
 
play
  
Convention: Literary
  
conventions
  
are
  
defining
  
features
  
or
  
common
  
agreement
 
upon
  
strategies
 
and/or
 
attributes
 
of
  
a
 
particular
 
literary
 
genre. Examples: