Melodrama

A melodrama refers to a dramatic work which exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions.  It may also refer to the genre which includes such works, or to language, behavior, or events which resemble them.used in scholarly and historical musical contexts to refer to dramas of the 18th and 19th centuries in which orchestral music or song was used to accompany the action.The term originated from the early 19th-century French word mélodrame, which in turn is derived from Greek melos (music) and French drame (drama).