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Dra Greek midterm
Midterm study guide for Drama Context 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What two types of stories are Greek theatre known for? | Tragedy and Comedy |
| Greek - What are actors often called? | Thespians |
| Greek - What was the building or hut behind the orchestra that could be painted to show scenery? | Skene |
| Who were the early forms of Greek theatre meant to worship? | Dionysus |
| What is the purpose of the chorus in Greek theatre? | To help the audience understand the story |
| What were the three great writers of Greek tragedy? | Euripides, Sophocles, and Aeschylus |
| When did western drama begin in ancient Greece? | 6 century BC |
| Where, in Greek theatre, did the audience sit to watch the play? | Theatron |
| Who is considered the greatest Greek playwright? | Sophocles |
| Greek - What is the name of the young girl in one of Sophocles' most famous tragedies? | Antigone |
| What is the area where the actors performed the play in Greek theatre? | Orchestra |
| Greek theaters seated how many? | Up to 17,000 |
| Greek - What was the group called that danced and helped the audience understand the story? | Chorus |
| Greek - What is it about the main character that makes the play end unhappily? | He or she has a fatal flaw or makes a bad mistake |
| Who was the first great Greek playwright? | Aeschylus |
| Greek - Where does the chorus make their entrances, usually singing or chanting? | Parados |
| Greek - Who added the 2nd actor | Aeschylus |
| Greek - What did Sophocles add to the theatre? | 3rd actor |
| Greek - Who sponsored plays and hired preformers? | Choregos |
| Greek - Who ran rehearsals? | Playwright |
| Greek - What plays were submitted in festivals? | 3 tragedies and satyr plays |
| How was greek theatre performed? | all in verse, sung or spoken |
| Greek - What is tragedy? | humans as "better" than in real life |
| Greek - What is comedy? | humans as "worse" than in real life |
| How is greek shows formatted? | Episodes, stichomythia, monologues, violence acts |
| Greek - What is stichomythia? | Quick dialogue |
| Greek - What are odes? | Chorus sings and dances reflecting theme |
| What does greek plays always have? | parodos and exodos |
| Greek - what is the oldest surviving textbook | Aristotle Poetics |
| Greek - What are elements of tragedy (in order) | 1) plot 2) character 3) thought 4) language 5) music 6) spectacle |
| Greek - What does a good plot contain? | wholeness in the plot, magnitude, cause and effect, reversal and recognition, causes catharsis |
| Greek - What is catharsis? | release of emotions |
| Greek - What is reversal and recognition? | Reversal of action and recognition of knowledge |
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