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The document describes the dramatic genre, which represents human conflicts through dialogue between characters. It originated in Greece associated with the worship of Dionysus and was developed by playwrights such as Sophocles and Euripides. Later, it passed to Rome and during the Middle Ages it nearly went extinct, resurfacing in the 11th-12th centuries. A dramatic work presents a conflict, develops the action to a climax, and concludes by resolving the conflict.
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