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scene

In a play, a subdivision of an act, marking a change of location or mood, or, for example, the entrance of an important character. A scene is roughly the equivalent of a chapter in a book. Traditionally changes of scene were marked by changes of props (properties); hence the term ‘scenery’.



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Accessories of costume and scene meant much more to her than to me.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
The first scene discovered Mac in a despondent attitude and shabby dress, evidently much troubled in mind.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
The other engraving is quite a different affair: the ship hove-to upon the open sea, and in the very heart of the Leviathanic life, with a Right Whale alongside; the vessel (in the act of cutting-in) hove over to the monster as if to a quay; and a boat, hurriedly pushing off from this scene of activity, is about giving chase to whales in the distance.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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