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Comments on action or meaning |
Chorus |
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Gives advice to hero |
chorus |
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establishes moral standards to judge action |
chorus |
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reacts to events as the audience might |
chorus |
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halts the action so audience can reflect |
chorus |
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Struggle between two opposing forces |
Conflict |
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What are the basic conflicts? |
Man against man Man against himself Man against nature |
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What is the most important event? |
Climax |
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All events in rising action result in this? |
Climax |
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Events resulting from the climax |
Falling action |
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God out of the machine |
Deus ex machina |
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Witty statements |
epigrams |
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they unexpectedly surprise the listener because the statement isn't what the listener expects to hear, but they satisfy in a different way |
Epigrams |
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a contest of wit |
repartee |
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each person tries to top the other's comment |
repartee |
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a play on words |
pun |
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lowest form of verbal wit |
pun |
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Events. character, costume, set, etc. used throughout the play to convey a symbolized meaning
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motif |
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The scenery, costumes, props, and lighting? |
Mise-enscene |
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Help establish setting plot and character |
mise-en-scene |
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above common humanity and falls below it |
tragic station |
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The hero moves toward committing some deed, suffering for it then, learning from it |
tragic movement |
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a problem of personality that causes the hero to make an error of misjudgement |
Tragic flaw |
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the action that follows a course not intended by the doer |
tragic reversal |
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hero realizes his responsibility for his plight |
tragic recognition |
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audience is purged of emotions |
tragic catharsis |
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hero is isolated from empathy of humanity |
tragic isolation |
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Hero's recognition that a Divine order exists in the world |
tragic joy |
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scenes or characters that halt the flow of too much seriousness, thereby emphasizing the seriousness |
comic relief |
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What are the neoclassicism known for? |
Ideas from classical Greece and Rome Emphasized for, reason, and orderliness Deism--the great clock winder man, a social animal--a man that functions best in society |
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Ideas from classical Greek and Roman? |
Neoclassicism |
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Emphasized form, reason, and orderliness |
Neoclassicism |
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Deism (religion)--the great clock maker |
Neoclassicism |
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Man, a social animal--a man functions best in society, not as an individual or lone wolf |
Neoclassicism |
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Followed Aristotle and Horace |
Aesthetic principles in Neoclassicism |
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Rules of literature--adhere to essential properties of established genres |
Neoclassicism |
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What are the two fixed forms of Neoclassicism |
tragedy and comedy |
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Follow unities of time, place and action |
Neoclassicism |
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Moral lessons |
Neoclassicism |
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order and balanced structure |
Neoclassicism |
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Order and balanced structure |
Neoclassicism |
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Wit, sophistication and polish |
Neoclassicism |
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What are attitudes to avoid in neoclassicism? |
unregulated emotion, individualism, lower class vulgarity |
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Who were the three greatest Neoclassic dramatist? |
Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, and Moliere |
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France's leading playwright |
Pierre Corneille |
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Master of tragedy and comedy |
Pierre Corneille |
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Master of comedy that wrote some of the best in world literature? |
Moliere |
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Who made comedy equal to tragedy and comedy? |
Moliere |
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Made comedy equal to tragedy |
Moliere |
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Who raised comedy above the level of farce, used it for social criticism |
Moliere |
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What genre is Tartuffe? |
satric comedy |
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What are the themes of Tartuffe? |
Hypocrisy and appearance Gullibility and discernment moderation vs. fanaticism |
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Purpose is to amuse, entertain |
comedy |
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happy ending, usually in marriage |
comedy |
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middle class characters |
comedy |
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lots of plot twists, often improbable |
comedy |
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More than a love story, characters learn lessons |
comedy |
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audience detached--we observe intellectually the folly of the characters |
comedy |
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What are the comedy characteristics? |
purpose is to amuse, entertain happy ending, usually in marriage middle class characters lots of plot twists, often improbable conflict--characters out of step with society more than a love story, characters learn lessons Audience detached--we observe intellectually the folly of the characters |
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What are the different types of comedy in Neoclassicism? |
romantic, satiric, comedy of manners, comedy of ideas, and farce |
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What are the dramatic elements in Neoclassicism? |
plots, characters, setting, audience, dialogue |
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What type of drama is misanthrope |
comedy of manners |
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What are the themes of Misanthrope? |
Honesty vs. Hypocrisy Justice Individuals in society nature of love |
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Honesty vs. Hypocrisy |
Misanthrope |
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Justice |
Misanthrope |
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Individuals in society |
Misanthrope |
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Nature of love |
Misanthrope |
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Deals with contemporary urban life of high society? |
Comedy of manners |
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Satirical |
Comedy of Manners |
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Characters are types |
comedy of manners |
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witty dialogue |
comedy of manners |
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intellectual |
comedy of manners |
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level of realism |
comedy of manners |
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What are the characteristics of comedy of manners? |
1. Deals with contemporary urban life of high society 2. Satirical 3. Characters are types 4. Witty dialogue 5. intellectual 6. level of realism |
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What was opposed to Romanticism? |
realism |
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presents life as it really is |
realism |
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everyday life
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realism |
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unheroic character |
realism |
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Who was an influential from 1880 to 1920? |
Henrik Ibsen |
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What type of play is Doll House? |
realistic |
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evolutionary world? |
naturalism |
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no God |
naturalism |
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determinism |
naturalism |
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man is an animal, powerless to control his fate |
naturalism |
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world is violent and chaotic |
naturalism |
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author is scientific experimenter |
naturalism |
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What are the characteristics of naturalism? |
evolutionary world, no God, determinism, man is an animal, powerless to control his fate, world is violent and chaotic, author is scientific experimenter |
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Who are the influential thinkers during the naturalist time period? |
Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud |
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What are the naturalist influences on the characters in Doll House? |
isolated, without purpose behavior, determined by outside source |
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What type of play is the doll house? |
Social Problem Play |
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What deals with a serious political or social issue? |
social problem play |
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author hopes to motivate the audience to solve the problem |
social problem play |
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What are Ibsen's changes to dramatic structure? |
3 acts, no scenes, only unity of place, extensive stage directions, characters revealed gradually through their actions |
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What are the themes of Doll House? |
marriage, identity, morality, money and heredity |
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marriage |
doll house |
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identity |
doll house |
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morality |
doll house |
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money |
doll house |
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heredity |
doll house |
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What are the symbols of Doll House? |
Doll's house Christmas tree Norma trimming the tree Nora' tarantella Final slam of door at end of play |
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An Italian folk dance
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Tarantella |
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What was the time period of The Importance of being of Earnest? |
Victorian England |
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Known for its prosperity, morality, optimistic belief in progress of society |
Victorianism |
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What was the genre of Importance of Being Earnes? |
comedy of manners with melodrama and farce |
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What is the setting of Importance of Being Earnest? |
1890s, London and Hertfordshire |
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What are the themes of Importance of Being Earnest? |
Marriage, morality, hypocrisy, and importance of being earnest |
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What are the symbols in Importance of Being Earnest? |
Bunburying and fiction and writing |
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What was popular with Romanticism? |
Melodrama |
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Dialogue spoken over mood-setting music? |
melodrama |
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spectacular sets and stage effects |
melodrama |
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plot-driven stories |
melodrama |
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moralistic: good rewarded; evil punished |
melodrama |
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Middle class |
melodrama
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what is low comedy filled with improbable events |
farce |
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what is low comedy filled with physical comedy |
farce |
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hat is low comedy filled with stock characters |
farce |
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What are the characteristics of farce? |
improbable events physical comedy stock characters |
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Who was a founding member of Fabian society? |
Shaw |
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Who was influenced by Ibsen? |
Shaw |
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Who was a major modern British playwright? |
Shaw |
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Who believed in "Life Force" geniuses who inspire progress within society |
Shaw |
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Who believed that plays should be read as well as watched? |
Shaw |
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What genre was Arms and the Man?
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comedy |
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What was the setting of Arms and the Man? |
1885-86 Serbian invasion of Bulgaria |
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What conflict was in Arms and the Man? |
It is centered on opposite beliefs |
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Who is the protagonist in Arms and the Man? |
Raina |
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What are the themes of Arms and the Man? |
Idealism vs. Reality Social classes |
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What is the symbol in Arms and the Man? |
chocolate cream soldier |
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What are the characteristics of a Byronic hero? |
Moody, remorseful but unrepentant Feels superior to mankind isolated but self-reliant Own moral code He's attractive to others |
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Moody,remorseful but unrepentant |
Byronic hero |
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Feels superior to mankind |
Byronic hero |
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Isolated but self-reliant |
Byronic hero |
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Own moral code |
Byronic hero |
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He's attractive to others |
Byronic hero |
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Codified in Middle ages |
Courtly love |
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What are the characteristics of Courtly love? |
Codified in Middle Ages |
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What is the time period of Cherry Orchard? |
Early 20th century |
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What was a bridge from Realism to Modernism? |
Cherry Orchard |
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What is the genre of Cherry Orchard |
tragicomedy |
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What is the setting of Cherry Orchard? |
Turn-of-the-century Russia; after freeing of serfs, before Bolshevism |
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Began 1890s, flourished after WWI? |
Modernism |
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Rejected traditional view of society, religion, morality, and art |
Modernism |
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Rejected order, unity, coherence? |
modernism |
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Experimental; created new literary forms? |
modernism |
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Who started existentialism? |
Soren Kierkegaard |
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What are the characteristics of Modernism |
1) Began 1890s, flourished after WWI 2) Rejected traditional view of society, religion, morality and art 3) Viewed modern life as disintegrating 4) Rejected order, unity, coherence 5) Experimental; created new literary forms |
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Man has no inherent meaning |
Existentialism |
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The universe is purposeless? |
Existentialism |
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Man must create his own meaning? |
Existentialism |
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Characters are lonely and helpless? |
Existentialism |
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What are the characteristics of existentialism? |
Man has no inherent meaning The universe is purposeless man must create his own meaning characters are lonely and helpless |
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What is a combination of high-born characters and lower/middle classes? |
Tragicomedy |
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No heroes, no villains only ordinary people? |
Tragicomedy |
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Often, a serious situation threatening disaster that ends happily? |
Tragicomedy |
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Comic characters for whom we feel sympathy or pity? |
Tragicomedy |
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What are the themes of Cherry Orchard? |
Change Reality vs. Idealism Love |
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What are the symbols of the Cherry Orchard? |
Cherry orchard breaking of the string Chopping axe sound |
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What is the genre of Our Town? |
drama |
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What is the style used in Our Town? |
Expressionism |
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What are the motifs in Our Town? |
Time Moon/stars/earth baseball Blessed Be the Tie That Binds |
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What are the themes of Our Town? |
Value of life Stability of human traditions vs. trascience of individual life Need for companionship |
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Value of life |
Our Town |
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Stability of human traditions vs. transience of individual lives |
Our Town |
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Need for companionship |
Our Town |
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Rejected realism |
Expressionism |
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Usually a troubled vision of life? |
Expressionism |
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What play uses Expressionism? |
Our Town |
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What exaggerates or distorts the objective characteristics of the outer world? |
Expressionism |
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Stereotypical characters |
Expressionism |
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Sparse dialogue |
Expressionism |
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Who believes that Drama depends on many collaborators? |
Wilder |
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Who believes that drama must appeal to many, its scope must be broad? |
Wilder |
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Drama is a pretense. It should appeal to the imagination of the audience |
Wilder |
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Drama is always presented in the present time |
Wilder |
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Lack of scenery |
Unrealistic |
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Omniscient stage manager |
Unrealistic |
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Cosmic context |
Unrealistic |
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What are the characteristics of unrealistic? |
Lack of scenery Omniscient stage manager Cosmic context |
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Speech given when no one on stage is listening; reveals character's thoughts and motives |
Soliloquy |
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What is the genre of Man for All Seasons |
Historical |
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Who was influenced by expressionists? |
Brecht |
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Who rejected traditional theater and realism |
Brecht |
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Epic theater using alienation |
Brecht |
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Purpose to motivate audience to change his society, not entertainment |
Brecht |
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Emphasizes the individual's influence on history and personal responsibility, not sociocultural forces |
Bolt |
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What is the setting of Man for All Seasons? |
England, 1526-1535. Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon |
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What are the themes in Man for All Seasons? |
Corruption |
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What are the symbols |
Cup, and water vs. Land |
