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29 Cards in this Set
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Purpose of the Chorus (4)
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Represent the townspeople
Fill the details of the plot Play an objective role Music and dance |
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Thepis
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First Actor, steped out chorus and spoke rather than sing.
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"Deus ex Machina"
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"God Machine"
Flew the actors |
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Tragedy Literally means
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"Goat Song"
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Aristotle
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Wrote "the poetics"
Defines tragedy is a "Mimesis of a Praxis"- means= Imitation of a Universal Acton Audience relates to the theme, no the plot |
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"Hamartia"
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tragic flaw, usually Hubris (pride) AKA "Achilles Heel"
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"Recipe For a Good Drama, for a Tragedy"
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Noble Birth
Hamartia Reversal of Fortune (good to bad) driven by FATE If "praxis" is a good one it will produce Catharsis makes audience feel Phobos or Aelios |
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"Catharsis"
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To medicate or purify
kinda like the feeling after you almost get into a car crash |
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"Recipe For a Good Drama, For a Comedy"
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Poor social status (so they can get better status)
Reversal of Fortune (bad to good)driven by LUCK |
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Protagonist
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Play named after protag.
Main character |
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Antagonist
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Today, Opposed to the Protagonist
In Greek, second most important character |
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Foil
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Complete opposite of Protagonist
"Reflects something about the protagonist" |
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Soliloquy
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A type of Monologue- only alone
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Aside
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Info given to the audience that the other characters do not hear
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Plot constists of . . . (4)
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Exposition
Complication Climax/crisis Denouement |
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Exposition
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Building the location, and setting
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Complication
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Problem
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Climax/crisis
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Greatest stress point
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Denouement
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Final unraveling of the plot
(the part everyone leaves the movie) |
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Three Tenor
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a. Jose Carreras
b. Placido Domingo c. Luciano Pacarotti |
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Aria
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Big song of the opera, shoes off the vocal dexterity of the performer and the compositional excellence of the composer
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Recitative
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"speech song"
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Libretto
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written script of an opera
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Richard Wagner
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German
Romantic Era 1813-1883 |
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Musikdramen
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his own form of opera (wagner)
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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"total work of art"
of Wagner |
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Leitmotiv
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is a musical theme that symbolizes a person, idea, or object
Wagner |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
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3 day opera written by Wagner
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coloratura soprano
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highest human voice
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