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SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene) , a word of which the various applications, figurative or otherwise, are derived from its original
Greek
scene " was formerly used, as " stage " is to-day, of the actor's profession or of dramatic art; and of the actual performance or representation on the stage, still surviving in such phrases as " the scene opens " or " closes." It is also applied, actually and figuratively, to the place where the action of a play or any series of events take place , and so of any episode or situation in a novel or other narrative or description of events; from this the transition to an excited or violent exhibition of feeling between two or more persons is easy.Of the specific applications of the word to the drama the main
appearance of the feature of a natural landscape. Allied words are " scena," used only in music, of a composition consisting mainly of recitative with accompaniment, forming part
opera
composition ; and " scenario," a full outline of a play or opera
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