The Midterm

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Who wrote the Colored Museum?

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George C. Wolfe 1988

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What kind of play is the colored museum?

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Postmodern

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Who wrote Not I?

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Samuel Beckett

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Who created Noh and wrote Matsukaze?

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Kan’ami and his son Zeami

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When does Aristotle write the Poetics?

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335-323 BC

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Mimesis

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Imitation (Theatre is a form of mimesis) - Aristotle

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Archetypal Characters

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These embody traits that are often understood to be shared by human beings across many eras and cultures

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Psychological Characters

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These exhibit internal mental processes based upon the development of psychology in the nineteenth century

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Stock Characters

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These represent recognizable types interchangeable from one genre to the next, like the Grumpy Old Man or the Dumb Blonde

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Dominant Trait Characters

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These possess a single overriding personality characteristic, often derived from earlier understandings of medicine and health

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Depersonalized Characters

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These are stripped of personal or individual characteristics and invite identification with their struggles, not their personalities

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Deconstructed Characters

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These reveal themselves as personalities with no autonomous selves, but instead constructed by socially prescribed roles

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Tragedy

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Tragedy often focuses on the relation of free will to fate, along with its profound implications.
Given this inquiry into free will and fate, the figure of the tragic hero assumes great importance.

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What gave rise to tragedy?

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Religious Theories, Civic Theories, Linguistic Theories

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Characteristics of a tragic hero?

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The tragic hero is a central figure who acts decisively during a crisis.

The hero is also better than the average person; on the whole a virtuous character.

The actions of the hero lead to a downfall; Hamartia is the term for an error or mistake

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Monomane

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often translated as Imitation

Actors must observe and replicate aspects of everyday existence.

Yet they must also idealize their characters and present all with elegance

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Yugen

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often translated as Grace

Paired with imitation, grace suggests the intangible reality behind the tangible world

Grace should emerge as an elusive quality in actor speech, song, dance, and movement

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Hana

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often translated as Flower

Noh performance unfolds like a flower on a physical and spiritual level.

Yet the temporary flower, which blooms and dies, gives a glimpse of eternity

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Kokoro

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often translated as Unchanging Essence

This unchanging essence of universe is known through spiritual enlightenment.

The performer materializes essence and transmits a sense of the eternal in the temporary

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Absurdism (Not I)

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Theatre of the Absurd explores the futility of all human struggle.

All human efforts to improve the lot of humans in society are fruitless.

Yet this knowledge of futility places new value on the human will to live

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Realism (Trifles)

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Realism is always a partial and narrowly framed view of life.The interpretation and production choices determine the dominant view

Realism almost always employs the climactic plot structure.

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Episodic Structure

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Many characters with their own plots to pursue; often featuring multiple locations and a long time frame