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How does aristotle define "acting"
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imitation of action
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What are aristotle's 6 parts of tragedy
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Plot, character, thought, diction, music, spectacle
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Hamartia
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tragic character flaw that cannot be helped and does not mean that a character is necessarily inherently evil
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Katharsis
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emotional purging that would ideally overcome an audience after watching a tragedy
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Perpetia
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Reversal that helps lead to katharsis
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Deus ex Machina
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Help of a god/machine to help resolve questions. Not good because it is a probable impossibility
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Protagonist
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character that resolves the action
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Antagonist
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Character that opposes the protagonist
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Tritagonist
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3rd actor who usually complicates or advances the conflict in some way
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Tetragonist
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4th actor (doesn't have to be a person) who is acted upon by other characters
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Inciting incidence
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an occurance that may take place before the play begins and forces the MDQ to surface
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Point of Attack
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Point in the play in which the audience discovers the MDQ
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Major Dramatic Question
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Major question that the audience expects to get answered. Draws the audience into the play
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Complication
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an event or action that temporarily prevents the resolution of the MDQ
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Climax
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The point at which the MDQ is answered
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Resolution
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the answer of the MDQ
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Denouement
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Period after the climax that answers all of the secondary questions
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Disovery
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When the character or the audience finds out information that is essential to the development of the plot
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Reversal
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A major and usually unexpected change in the fortunes of some character
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Affective Memory
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Recalling an emotion from a memory which creates the stimulus to drive the action. Accessing the unconscious through conscious technique
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Peripetia
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Reversal that helps lead to katharsis
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Deus ex Machina
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Help of a god/machine to resolve things. Not good because it is an improbable possibility
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Protagonist
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Character who resolves the action; answers the MDQ
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Antagonist
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Opposes the protagonist
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Tritagonist
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3rd actor that advances or complicates the conflict
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Tetragonist
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4th actor that is usually passive and acted upon by others
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Inciting incident
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make take place before the play begins, sets up a condition for the MDQ to surface
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Point of Attatck
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The point of a play in which the audience discovers the MDQ
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Major Dramatic Question
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major question that the audience expects to get answered. Draws the audience in
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Complication
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an event or action that temporarily prevents the resolution of the MDQ
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Climax
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The point at which the MDQ is answered
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Resolution
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Answering of the MDQ
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Denouement
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The period after the climax during which secondary questions are answered
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Discovery
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When an important character of the audience learns something new that is essential to the development of the plot
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Reversal
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A major and unexpected change in the fortunes of a character
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Affective Memory
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Recalling an emotion from memory to create the stimulus which drive the action. Important in Strasberg's method
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Sensory Imaging
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recalling sensory feeling in order to portray an action
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Magic if
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that actor imagining himself/herself in the characters position
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What are the types of bad acting according to aristotle
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Intuitive, Representational, Mechanical, Conventional
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What is the problem with intuitive acting
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it is unreliable, sometimes cannot be repeated
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What is intuitive acting
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acting that happens right on the spot, empowering the unconscious
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Representational acting
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Pressing the "save" button
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Mechanical Acting
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Based on deeply embedded procedeure
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Conventional acting
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based on theatrical convention, imitation of life, or imitation of another actor
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"True Art of Acting"
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Actor is affected in the moment by a stimulus which results in an action that is portrayed to an audience which evokes emotion on the part of the audience
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Aristotle and Action
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Action brings about moral choices
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Stanislavski and Action
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Action is a stimulus that results in a reaction. How does a character act in order to attain a goal
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Given circumstances
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all of the circumstances that are given to an actor to take into account when he/she creates his or her role
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Indicating v. Acting/Doing
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Conventional/mechanical = indicating. Acting/Doing is what comes from the subconscious
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Beat
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A piece of action that has a beginning and and end and contains an objective of some sort
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Alignment of objectives
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Making sure that the actors objectives match the character's objectives. Finding character motivation for what the director tells you to do
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Meisner Technique
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Repetition that helps fuel the unconscious
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