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Wrote Oedipus Rex
He reduced the size of the chorus to 15-
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Tragedy- humans at the mercy of Moira
or fate.
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Tragic figure experiences 3 stages of development
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Purpose
Passion
Perception
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· Four Dionysian celebrations
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•The “rural” Dionysia or “small” Dionysia was at the end of December.
•The Lenea in January
•The Anthesteria in February
•and the Great Dionysia or City of Dionysia in March
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•The actors, chorus and audience all entered the theatre through passageways called paradoi
•Also it is known as the entrance song by the chorus.
•If someone was entering from the right parados, that meant that he was coming from the city or port. If he was coming from the left parados, he was coming from the field or abroad.
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•A crane-like hoist that permitted actors to appear above the stage as if flying.
•From this contrivance came the term deus ex machina (god from the machine). This term is still used today to indicate an artificial plot device an author introduces late in a play to resolve difficulties.
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•(god from the machine). This term is still used today to indicate an artificial plot device an author introduces late in a play to resolve difficulties.
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is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point.
The hero gets what they want, but what they want turns out to be destructive
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| Greek word meaning "cleansing" or "purging". |
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•The realization that follows the hero’s efforts usually takes one of two directions:
–that, despite suffering, a world order exists and people can learn from suffering (Oedipus)
–the acts and sufferings of humans in an indifferent world are futile, yet the hero’s protests against the nature of existence are to be celebrated. (Willy Loman)
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•The members of the chorus wore masks, usually similar to each other, but completely different from the leading actors.
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sung moving right to left
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| sung moving left to right |
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Deals with characters of a lower status.
Greek Playwrights
Aristophanes- Lysistrata
Meander- The Grouch
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Dressed as half- man half beast, with phallus as part of costume
Erotic comedy-
Cyclops by Euripides only surviving satyr play
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•Aristophanes-
•Individuals attacked personally
•Coarse, raunchy humor
•Phallus costume piece
•Farce
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Meander
More focused on the short comings of the middle class.
Social manners
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Roman Drama:
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•Status
Guilds Artist of Dionysus
Costumes
Onkos
Cothurnus
•Mimes
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•Higher 8-13 feet
•Wider 140 feet
•Deeper 6-14 feet
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old: Fantastical and improbable situations.
Not restricted to one place
Takes place over an expanded time.
Makes fun of society, politics or culture.
ARISTOPHANES
New: Introduced stock characters
Comedies of manners and intrigue.
Concerned with the family.
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MENANDER
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3 Classical Values
Unity of time
Unity of place
Unity of action
•Imitates an action that is serious, complete and of a certain magnitude.
•Takes the form of action not narrative
•Produces pity and fear and the catharsis of such emotions
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Dealt with the trials and tribulations of romance.
His comedies may have resembled modern musical comedies, because it is believed that a good portion of the dialogue was sung.
The Twin Menaechmi—
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Characterization
Subtlety of expression
Elegant language
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VIOLENT
Closet dramas
Nine plays by Seneca—The Trojan Women, Medea, Oedipus, Phaedra, Thyestes, Hercules , The Mad Hercules, The Phoenician Women, and Agamemnon—are the only surviving examples of Roman tragedy; all are based on Greek myths
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1.Constantine
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2.Christianity
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3.Disintegration of Roman civilization
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Copied drama from the Greeks
Eliminated the chorus
Added music
Emphasized dramatic devices such as eavesdropping and identical twins for comic effect
Playwrights included
Plautus
Terrance
Seneca
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Dramatized the miracles performed by the Saints
Moved outside of the church
Feast of Corpus Christi
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Dramatized the mystery of Christ’s Passion
Dramatized a series of biblical events that could stretch from Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, Noah and the flood, and Abraham and Isaac to the stories of Christ in the New Testament.
Second Shepherd's Pageant
Part of the cycle plays-
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Morality plays such as EVERYMAN used religious characters and religious themes to teach a moral lesson.
Internal battles between certain vices and specific virtues in the human soul.
ALLEGORY
Giving abstract ideas or values a physical representation.
Justice
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Virtually all the plays were short—the equivalent of a one-act play today—and mystery and miracle plays were often strung together to form a series, know as cycles.
The best known Mystery Play is THE SECOND SHEPHERDS’ PLAY
A well known cycle is THE WAKEFIELD CYCLE
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Or “Hell Mouth,” usually a large fish-shaped orifice from which smoke and explosions, fueled by gunpowder, belched constantly.
The devils took great delight in stuffing their victims into these maws.
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| Quem Quaeritis? (Latin for "Whom do you seek?") refers to four lines of the medieval Easter liturgy |
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1495 by some priest probably
Everyman is the best surviving example of the type of Medieval drama known as the morality play. |
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The only thing you can take from this world is what you have GIVEN
Not what you have RECIEVED
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Exposition:Police sergeant and two policemen are looking for an escaped rebel.
Suspense:The rebel is disguised as a ballad singer. The singer and the sergeant talk, share a pipe
Rising Action:The sergeant recognizes the rebels qualities in the ballad singer.
Climax:The two policemen return and ask if sergeant has seen any signs
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Rising of the moon
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Ireland 1907
Revolution and unity of the Irish people
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Thespis
–First actor to step out of the chorus and SPEAK text.
Aeschylus
added second actor intensifying the conflict or agon-
Sophocles
added 3rd actor
Euripides
noteworthy for his portrayal of women
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•The main Theatre or Auditorium
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| Osiris is killed, cut up and body parts scattered. He is buried at Abydos and made a god |
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