Drama

MacBeth is called a Verse Drama. Which means that it is written just like a poem but without rhyming. “Many actors had to have many talents then just acting. Most needed to be able to sing, dance, act, fence, and wrestle.” (The Language of Literature Textbook)Could you imagine Leonardo DiCaprio being asked to do all these things in an acting interview? Most actors had to be very close with their audience members.If those members didn’t like what you did, well you would expect some food flying…

The Ineffable Role of Greek Theater The Roman philosopher Seneca once said, “Life is like a play at the theater: it does not matter how long it lasts, but how well it was played.” This is true in several ways; the majority of society will put on a mask to show others instead of their true emotions. The belief that we shield ourselves from society most likely goes back to the ancient Greeks. which raises the question: why were plays an important part of Greek culture? Theater enforced morals and…

lot of the greek tragedies still around today are works made by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.The comedies were made by Aristophanes, and Menander, and others who were not as important but still had an impact. The specific date of when Greek drama was created is not known absolute certainty, most people believe it began with the worship of Dionysus, the god of fertility and wine. People of the group that followed Dionysus practiced religious events like, the dithyramb. The researchers do…

history of drama from the ancient times. Drama begins its journey in India with the Sanskrit plays. Indian drama is characterized with the rituals, folks, cultural heritage etc. But the major concern of contemporary Indian drama is the representation of socio-political scenario, marginalization, gender discrimination, oppression, poverty and hunger. A general consensus seems to have emerged that though the social criticism, corruption, oppression, gender discrimination can be found in drama in…

The Beginning of Greek Drama and Storytelling Drama and storytelling both played an important role in the Greeks lifestyle. Stories and theatre were used as forms of entertainment and their ideas were passed down from generation to generation. They began orally and were later on transformed into writings. Some of the myths and designs for theatre are used in modern day, and have been modified into the plays produced currently. In addition, there were many different types of writings such…

focuses on conveying drama. Hellenistic art were athletes, heroic figures, gods/goddesses which showed off a kind of beauty, but that comes along with the skills of mathematics. This art required a lot of planning in order to make it realistically well proportioned and perfect. Mathematics is key to art because if the ratio…

Man’s Cell Phone” appeared to be an overhyped drama that lacked the ability to hook me as a viewer because of the storyline itself, the acting of the play or transitions throughout the play. The major problem that prevented me from enjoying this play was the lack of hook to the storyline itself. When looking at the title “Dead Man’s Cell Phone”…

Tragedy is a form of drama, theorized to have been created as a tribute to the Greek god of theater: Dionysus. This form of drama was very popular in Ancient Greece, and was performed in theaters from the late 6th century BCE (Szemerényi 302). One of the most popular tragic playwrights of the time was Sophocles, who was known for his famous work, Antigone, a tragedy in which the main character suffers greatly after burying her brother against the king’s wishes (Ridgeway 141). This tragic play…

Aristotle’s theory of poetics is a very important element that dramas can incorporate. It allows plays to have depth and similarities to historical literature. One drama that has these qualities is the play “Trifles”. “Trifles” includes a complex plot, a constant protagonist, thought, diction, and spectacle which therefore, allows it to fall under Aristotle’s theory of poetics. By incorporating elements of this theory, including both Mythos and ethos, the play forms an experience of catharsis…

The Tragic Hero of Antigone: Creon How far would a person go for what he/she thought was right? Would it be the right decision? How will it affect his/her loved ones? In Sophocles’ tragic drama Antigone, King Creon is forced to answer these questions. He is a very stubborn man and did not take anyone’s opinion into consideration, even when it affected his family and also his country that he is expected to make smart and also correct decisions for.. Even though Creon loves and adores his family,…