melodrama

C18587
concept

Melodrama is a dramatic genre characterized by exaggerated emotions, clear moral polarities, sensational plot twists, and heightened conflicts designed to provoke strong audience reactions.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
melodrama canonical 18
melodramma 6
domestic drama 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: melodrama
Generated description
Melodrama is a dramatic genre characterized by exaggerated emotions, clear moral polarities, sensational plot twists, and heightened conflicts designed to provoke strong audience reactions.

Instances (29)

Instance Via concept surface
"Pierrot Lunaire" by Arnold Schoenberg
surface form: Pierrot Lunaire
The Lost Paradise
Façade
Bertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand
The Two Orphans
Les Deux Orphelines
Lottie Blair Parker
surface form: Way Down East
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un ballo in maschera"
surface form: Un ballo in maschera
melodramma
Pierrot Lunaire
L'Histoire du soldat
Dark Shadows (1966 TV series) gothic soap opera
High Heels
The Green Goddess (play)
"L'Auberge des Adrets"
surface form: L'Auberge des Adrets
"Le Bossu"
surface form: Le Bossu
Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie melodramatic symphony
Sandglass
The Ticket-of-Leave Man
Still Waters Run Deep domestic drama
I Lombardi alla prima crociata melodramma
Gioachino Rossini's opera "La donna del lago"
surface form: La donna del lago
melodramma
The Perils of Pauline
Roses Are for the Rich
White Cargo (play)
La straniera melodramma
Adelson e Salvini melodramma semiserio
Bianca e Fernando melodramma
Puccini's opera "Tosca"
surface form: Tosca
melodramma
The Lyons Mail stage melodrama