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

Recognition:
 
See
 
denouement.
 

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

Sources
  


Content: 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: The
 
use
 
of
  
a
 
chorus
 
was
 
a
 
convention
 
in
 
Greek
 
tragedy. Soliloquies,
 
(which
 
are
 
not
 
realistic)
 
are
 
accepted
 
as
 
part
 
of
  
the
 
dramatic
 
convention. Denouement
 
/
 
Resolution: Literally
 
the
 
action
 
of
  
untying. A
 
denouement
 
(or
 
resolution)
 
is
 
the
 
final
 
outcome
 
of
  
the
 
main
 
complication
 
in
 
a
 
play.