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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=ab78e200-ad5c-4eee-beab-78bed807001a&f= Passions Trailer]
[http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=ab78e200-ad5c-4eee-beab-78bed807001a&f Passions Trailer]<br>
[http://www.northern.edu/benkertl/drama_dictionary.html#M ''Melodrama'' Defined by Tonya Hohenthaner ]<br>
[http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=%27%27Pierrot+Lunaire%27% ''Pierrot Lunaire Poster'']<br>
 
 
 
== Works Cited ==
 
Hohenthaner, Tonya ''Literary Dictionary M'' 2002.<br>
See D. Gerould, ed., ''Melodrama'' (1980).

Revision as of 21:00, 15 February 2006

Melodrama

Any type of drama, such as plays, television shows, or movies in which the characters are stereotypical and they use blown-up emotions to convey a basic plot.


Examples

Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire
NBC's Soap Opera Passions
Henry Wood's East Lynne


External Links

Passions Trailer
Melodrama Defined by Tonya Hohenthaner
Pierrot Lunaire Poster


Works Cited

Hohenthaner, Tonya Literary Dictionary M 2002.
See D. Gerould, ed., Melodrama (1980).