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Aeschylus |
- 523 - 456 B.C. - author or Agamemnon - oldest tragic playwright - credited with 80 plays, 7 surviving - also wrote the Orestea - deals with justice - endless cycle of revenge - writes about taming barbaric impulses - symbolic darkness to light |
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Sophocles |
- 496-406 B.C. - credited with 120 plays, 7 surviving - introduced the third actor and stage design - increased emphasis on individual character and reduced focus on chorus |
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Euripides |
- 480-406 B.C. - credited with 90 plays, 18 survive - was criticized because he: - brought up immoral subjects (like incest) - often questioned moral values, even those of the gods - has a colloquial way of writing - writes the way that people actually talk - made advances in naturalism and psychological drama |
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satyr play |
- "tragedy at play" - plays with tragedy - usually the fourth play in a cycle of three tragedies - the Cyclops only full surviving one - more thoughtful than comic relief - fit ritual occasion: i.e. for a Dionysus festival, lots of drunken behavior - burlesques of tragedy and myth and epic |
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Odysseus and Cyclops in Euripides in Euripides vs. Homer |
- Odysseus is less selfish, more willing to fight for his men instead of going for self-preservation - the Cyclops is a chef--he takes his time cooking and preparing the men for his meal - dang near civilized - is willing to share with his fellow cyclops - adds depth to the cyclops' character and questions the ideal hero, in this case Odysseus, in Homer's plays - in Euripides, he calls Odysseus a pirate--but in the Cyclops. Odysseus is willing to do an exchange |
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Old Comedy |
- 5th century B.C. - all surviving examples written by Aristophanes - satirical and topical - a lot of political satire aimed at contemporary figures - crude, offensive, but witty - like The Daily Show - offers meaningful commentary on important subjects |
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Plot Pattern of Old Comedy |
1 - Problem 2 - the Happy Idea - some random solution 3 - often requires a Journey 4 - Moment of agon - debate/strife between opposite extremes --- i.e. the conflict in The Frogs: old (Aeschylus) vs. new (Euripides) 5 - Absurd conclusion, often happy and improbable and implies other issues - The Frogs follows this formula and Aristophanes brings up the overall conflict of old, tasteful comedy versus the new comedy, which has the same old gags (cliches) - came to an end with the of Athens to Sparta--no satire allowed - comparable to South Park |
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New Comedy |
- daily life in Athens - ignored major politics - young man v.s old father (blue bloods) - seeks to marry low class girl (slave, prostitute, etc.) - son achieves goal--marries her--but it turns out that girl is actually blue blood w/ lots of money - mistaken/concealed identity - a comedy of errors - recognition scenes - questions then reaffirms social conventions - we see a lot of situation comedy in modern sitcoms (Modern Family, Blackish, etc.) - Terrence added lots of subplots - different character types: old men, young male lovers, characters on fringes of society - rape leading to marriage and love |
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agon |
- debate or strife between opposite extremes - in The Frogs: Aeschylus vs. Euripides - in Oedipus the King: |
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contaminatio |
- "a mixing" - Roman word that described Terrence's use of subplots - seen today in sitcoms that involve different subplots, like modern family - added complexity to New Comedy |
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Aristophanes |
- writer of Old Comedy - 460/450 - 386 B.C. - about 11 or 32 plays survive |
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Senecan Tragedy |
- lived 5/4 B.C. to 65 A.D - soliloquy, asides, dramatic irony, great rhetoric, emphasis on supernatural, psychology, tyrants, passion leading to madness - had a theme of Stocism - scenes of violence and horror - influenced the Renaissance |
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Aeschylus |
523-456-8007 |
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Sophocles |
496-406-1207 |
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Euripides |
480-406-9018 |
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Aristophanes |
460/450-386-1132 |
