Drama therapy

While Theater of the Absurd and Greek theater have many similarities, the heroes that arise from these genres are very different. An “Absurd Hero” is always plagued with the certainty of death; he or she lives life knowing that death awaits. The human condition is a major theme, and usually a depressing one. In Greek theater, the “Tragic Hero” is unaware of a major flaw in him or herself, which eventually leads to his or her demise. Though Absurd heroes are aware of their human condition and…

The protagonist in The Phantom of the Opera is Christine Daae. Christine Daae is originally from Sweden, her mother died when she was six and her father was a renounced violinist. Christine originally started at the Paris Opera House as a ballerina but was needed to fill in for Carlotta when she was ill and then became an opera singer. Christine’s conflict in the story is choosing between her childhood best friend Raoul or the Opera Ghost Erik when the ghost kidnaps her. Christine is the…

Plays are generally split up into one of two categories: tragedies or comedies. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is most definitely an accurate representation of the true meaning of a tragedy. The Crucible is an example of a tragedy of classic proportions. Aristotle’s definition of tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude. According to Aristotle, a tragedy must be in the form of action, not of narrative and must have incidents arousing pity and…

Scenery, lighting, sound, and costumes are just a few of the theatrical elements that stood out and shaped the live performance of The Penelopiad, written by Margaret Atwood and performed by students in the Department of Theater and Film at Bowling Green State University. The play is narrated in Hades by the main character, Penelope who is haunted by twelve maids. The story line is centered around Penelope’s relationship with her parents, her marriage to Odysseus, dealing with life during the…

Historical evidence tells us that Tragedy was far more prominent and performed quite frequently during competitions and festivals in Ancient Greece. Although a comedy performance was not unheard of it was somewhat of a rarity and works from before 440BC are sadly lost to us today, making it harder to pinpoint or theorize on the evolution of comedic plays and comedy in ancient Greece theatre. Early indications of comedy can be found Athenian pottery with depictions of men dressed as animals and…

Arthur Miller uses many symbols in his play, Death Of A Salesman to help enhance and strengthen the themes he portraits in the novel. The stockings, seeds, and diamonds mentioned throughout the play help add stability to the themes of betrayal (stockings), failure (seeds), and the american dream (diamonds). The diamonds symbolize wealth and the american dream. Even if the money earned that goes towards ¨the american dream¨ is earned in a bad way. Ben went to the African jungle and basically…

actor. In high school, I started my journey by taking drama classes. Not long after, I become passionate about drama and eventually joined Players, a fast-paced drama program which involves daily rehearsals and performances. This activity boosted my self-confidence and provided me with a basis for future endeavours in drama. Working closely with the cast members as a team, I learned that creativity and commitment result in a successful drama play. Being creative helped me to become a better…

other things, he listed the six most important elements of a drama (Admin). These elements, plot, character, theme, diction, music, and spectacle, listed in order from most to least important, are still used by playwrights today, as well as by those of Shakespeare’s time (Trumbull). Aristotle’s six elements of drama can be found in all of Shakespeare’s works, including the tragedy, Othello. The first, and most important, element of a drama is plot. Plot refers to the way that events take…

The Importance of Comparison The three plays by Euripides that will be reviewed in this essay will be Iphigenia at Aulis, The Trojan Women, and Hippolytus. As I read each of these plays I found each more exciting than the last. The words of Euripides take the reader a step back in time and does a fantastic job giving the reader a mental image of what is going on. The stories of the Greek culture are very interesting and let the reader understand the values that were held in that period. They…

Sophocle was actually one of the great ancient Greek tragedians. He made the best plays such as Oedipus the King, Antigone, and Oedipus at Colonus. The play we are going to write about is one of his best play name Oedipus Rex. The prophecy is one of the primary part of the Oedipus, the King of Thebes. He learned that his beautiful city is devastated by plague and fire. Because of that, Creon his brother-in-law was sent to the house of Apollo to find a solution to end the plague. After…