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14 Cards in this Set
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What were Greek Ampitheatres like?
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-outdoors, often built into hillsides
-orchestra= stage -skene= building behind stage used for costumes/storage |
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Costumes consisted of...
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-robes
-large masks that covered face and head, amplified sound |
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What is the structure of a Tragedy?
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-prologue
-paradors= chorus entrance -episodes= characters engage each other - odes= chorus comments on issues -catastrophe- lead's downfall -exodos= final chorus song |
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What are the 6 elements of Tragedy?
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1. plot
2. character 3. language 4. thought 5. spectacle (visual) 6. music |
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Which is more important? character or plot
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plot
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An ideal tragedy would have...
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-complex plot
- fearful and pitiable events |
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Tragedy
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tends to imitate people as better than average
--hero falls from grace |
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Comedy
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tends to imitate people as worse than average
--mock and laugh @ them |
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3 Tragic Plot Elements
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-Peripety (reversal)
-recognition -pathos |
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qualities of tragic characters
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-good
-appropriate -universal -consistent -make mistakes -be overall good -probable |
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oedipus
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king of thebes, became king when he saved thebes from the sphinx
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jocasta
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oedipus's wife, married to former king, have two daughters with him, she is really his mom
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tiresias
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blind priest, knows the entire truth of oedipus' life
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creon
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jocasta's brother
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