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| Direct Comparison (like or as) |
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| Talking about something nonhuman in human terms |
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| Directly addressing either a non human things in human terms or someone who is not there |
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| Gives human emotion to a non-human |
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| Closely associated object to the idea |
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| part representing a whole |
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| A situation in which there is an incongruity or discrepancy between a character says or thinks and what is actually true |
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| Saying something when the opposite is true |
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| Doing something in which the opposite is true |
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Paradox
The four examples
And one example of the oxy____ |
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One part seems to be the opposite of the next part
Illusion vs. reality
blindness-sight motif
ignorance knowledge
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| Two conventions of Greek Tragedy not used and define AND SPELL both |
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Eccylcema- A wheeled platform to display an aftermath of violence
Deus ex machina- The gods came down to save the day on a prop |
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| Spell the word meaning use of rapid dialogue in which characters speak alternating lines |
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| Dramatic irony was used to inspire emotions of _____ and _____ |
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| Aristotle says that pity and fear were used to produce a ______ which is |
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| Catharsis which is purging of emotion at the end of a play |
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| The action of committing a sin of disobedience to the gods |
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| The tragic flaw in a character that causes the protagonist to make serious errors in judgement |
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The scene of suffering is a destructive or painful action such as death on stage, bodily agony, wounds
Basically scene of suffering or death of wounds |
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| Tragic reversal of fortune which the action veers around to the opposite |
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| High, platformed shoes to add height |
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| Worn by actors who portrayed the g-d, king or legendary hero. Added size and distinction to his role and was heavily padded. |
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| Ordinary or typical human being |
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| Chorus was ideal spectator because____ |
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| They told the audience how to react |
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| Sophocles religious thought |
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| Man must accept the responsibility for his acts and their consequences regardless of his original motives and inability to understand the forces that control his life |
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| Sophocles' view on how someone becomes a hero |
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| Humble and courageous moral acceptance |
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| Sophocles believed there was a _______ purpose guiding the _______ even though mortals cannot _______ it |
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harmonious
universe
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| In Sophocles' view, man has ____ ____ but exists within a system of limitations on his activity. But there are circumstances that cannot be changed |
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| Sophocles' emphasizes that life, while often _____, is not _____ |
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| Sophocles said the way to human happiness was through _______ and ______ |
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| "the seeing place" where the audience sat |
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Parados
Greek Theatre Definition
Greek Tragedy Definition |
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Two broad aisles which the chorus entered on both sides of the orchestra.
The entrance song of a chorus in a tragedy |
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| The circular "dancing place" at the foot of the temple of the g-d being honored |
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| A rectangular building perpendicular to the orchestra with three doors providing a generic backdrop for the play as well as a place the actors could exit |
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| Man chooses his own _____ and bears ______ |
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| his own deeds and bears responsibility |
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| A small platform in front of the skene that gave the actors more visibility to separate them from the chorus and orchestra below |
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| The performances began at ______ and lasted ___ _____ ___ |
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| dawn and lasted the entire day |
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| Origins of ancient Greek drama began with ______ and ______ performed in honor of ______. The greek g-d of _____ and _____ |
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began with dances and songs
honor of Dionysus
wine and procreation |
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| Classic _____ drama is in actuality _____ drama |
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| _____ _____ long festivals were set aside each year for these choric storytelling rituals |
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| A wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, esp. one dedicated to Dionysus |
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| Greek festivals sponsored competitions for both _____ and ______ |
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| Protagonist, main character throughout the play. Experiences many of the Greek Conventions of tragedy |
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| Lover and mother of Oedipus. Kills herself by hanging when she learns the truth |
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| Brother of Iokaste and a prince of Thebes. Once Oedipus' adviser to a sense but Oedipus turns on him |
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| Blind-seer. Has a stichomythia with Oedipus that leads to his hubris. Knows the truth |
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| In prologue helps to set scene of the play with Oedipus |
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Role of:
First and second messenger |
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| Both bring bad news to Oedipus the first brings the news the Oedipus' though father of Cornith, Polybus had died and the second brings news of Iokaste's suicide |
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| The Chorus’s reactions can be lessons in how the audience should interpret what it is seeing, or how it should not interpret what it is seeing. |
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| Gives Laius' and Jocasta's baby to the messenger upon their orders - and is also the same man who witnessed Laius's death. When he returns to Thebes and sees that the man who killed Laius is the new king, he asks leave to flee from the city. |
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| According to Aristotle, a tragedy is |
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| The imitation in dramatic form of an action that is serious and complete, with incidents arousing pity fear wherewith it effects a catharsis of such emotions |
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| The ____ hero is a man of _____ stature, according to Aristotle |
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| tragic hero is a man of noble statur |
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| The tragic hero is ____, though not ____ and his full results from committing his _____ |
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good, though not perfect
hammartia |
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| The hero's ______ is his own ______ |
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| downfall is his own fault |
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| The hero's _____ is not wholly _____ |
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| misfortune is not wholly deserved |
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| The _____ fall is not ____ ______ |
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| tragic fall is not pure loss |
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| Tragedy when well performed gives off _____ and _____ but does not leave its' audience feeling ______ |
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| The hero, though _______, _____ and gains ______ from his ______ |
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| defeated, learns and gains understanding from his defeat |
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Aristotle's 6 important things
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Plot
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