The Drama by Beth Ceragioli

Drama is the written play. It is the acting part in theatre. Drama is made by creativity and imagination. It does not exactly have to do with the set, curtains, lights, etc. Mainly, it has to do with the actors/actresses, director, writer, the play itself, and so on and so forth. The judgment of drama (plays, movies, etc.) is done by critics in there personal reviews. Although drama does have to do with the written play, it moreover has to do with the expressiveness of the characters in the play. It is not merely written words, but words that come to life out of the paper. You know it is a good play when you feel so in-touch with the characters that you become apart of the story-line itself.

The dramatic theory states that a play is simply an approximation of life, but not life itself. This means that a play cannot be exactly like life, but another perspective of it. The reason of this is because, a play has to have a definite beginning and end, while on the other hand, life has no definite beginning or ending. This theory was created by Greek philosopher, Aristotle, back before the sixteenth century. His writings on drama are very, widely known. He described six elements of drama: plot, character, thought, dialogue, melody, and spectacle.