Know the following things:

1. The history of playwrighting

2. Tasks of a dramatist

3. Historical purposes of theatrical events

4. Point of View

5. Periods conducive to tragedy

6. Ideas essential to tragic drama

7. Genre

8. Plot of M. Butterfly

9. Plot of King Oedipus

10. Malaprop

11. Exposition

12. Problem Plays

13. Burlesque

14. Opera

15. Fiddler on the Roof

16. Recitatives

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