to add height to actors. Greek drama was dominated by the works and innovations of five playwrights for over 200 years. The first three of these wrote tragedies. In these ancient tragedies many new innovations came to light that are still used today in theatre. One was the concept of a second actor‚ expanding the possibilities for plot and interactions with characters. Then came the third actor which expanded this even more. The role of the chorus in Greek drama shrunk so that the characters could
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makings of a tragedy‚ but in retrospect‚ it could in fact pass for a comedy. Though tragic elements certainly exist‚ the helplessness of the catch-22 Admetus finds himself in and the happy ending indicates the makings of a comedy. Tragedy is a type of drama or literary work that is most well renowned for the suffering its protagonists are forced to endure and an acute lack of a happy ending. Alcestis has no shortage of agony‚ to be sure. The play begins with a monologue delivered by Apollo explaining
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Akim Alimi Professor Kathleen S. Paskin English 112 2/23/06 Oedipus Rex: Dramatic Irony Irony is the use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. The play Oedipus Rex especially uses dramatic irony. It is the theatrical effect achieved by leading an audience or reader to understand the disparity between a situation and the accompanying speeches‚ while the characters in the play remain unaware of the disparity. From the
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In the light of Aristotle’s Poetics‚ we see the philosopher’s fundamentals regarding Greek drama‚ a structure or foundation that every tragedy needs for maximum expression and catharsis. It needs Plot‚ Character‚ Thought‚ Diction‚ Song and Spectacle – arranged in order of importance – so that it can be considered a Greek drama. In Plot‚ Aristotle explains how the drama is in the form of a tragedy‚ is efficiently maximized through the use of certain rules or laws called the Three Unities. Aristotle
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is without dispute. Contemporary performers have looked into the past finding resourceful techniques to further illustrate comedy to their peers. The first question is why use Commedia Dell’ Arte as a training tool for modern actors at all‚ since drama and the business of acting has hopefully moved on since the Italian comedians left Paris. The leading form of acting today both exists as the aspiring young actor’s performance role model and as a category of performance in itself. We are lucky in
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Philosophy paper of working in the world of theatre Theatre comes from ancient Greek drama; it has come to us through live performers which in ancient times presented either fictional events or real stories before a live audience in a specific place which was usually called a stage. The content can be divided into historical drama‚ tragedy‚ or comedy. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Modern Western theatre
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his readers a faithful mirror if manners and life.” According to Johnson‚ “Shakespeare always makes nature predominate over accident”. His blend of tragedy and comedy is also nearer and more natural to life‚ because the mingled drama approaches nearer to life :Mingled drama m demerits of Shakespeare like a true critic; and become very honest and sincere in his estimate of Shakespeare. Johnson tests Shakespeare by the fact and experience‚ by the test of time‚ nature and universality‚ his defense to
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EXAM 2 REVIEW (Performance Studies) The exam will include approximately 50 questions (multiple choice‚ matching‚ and true/false). You will need a large Scantron form and #2 pencils to record your answers. Introduction to Performance Studies (K. Filbel lecture and Schechner‚ ch. 1) What does it mean to say the field of perf. studies is wide open? Richard Schechner claims that human values are not from nature‚ so where do they come from? • Basic assumptions of Performance Studies
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