Ancient Greek times enveloped many revolutionary discoveries and creations‚ especially in the world of literature. Literature flourished in Greece with the help of poetry and drama. Three profound playwrights left a significant impact on Greek culture: Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides. Out of the three most influential playwrights of ancient Greek times‚ Euripides turned out to be the most distinct. Euripides was born in 480 BCE on the island of Salamis. He lived during the time of the Peloponnesian
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Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans‚ it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language‚ spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history; other systems‚ such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary‚ were previously used. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script‚ and was in turn the basis of the Latin‚ Cyrillic‚ Coptic‚ and many other writing
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W E S T E R N I N F L U E N C E S N A M E : A G B A M U A G H O G H O M A T R I C U L A T I ON N U M B E R : 1 0 9 0 1 3 0 4 6 C O U R S E : M O D E R N N I G E R I A N D R A M A E N G 8 5 6 QUESTION: HOW HAS MODERN NIGERIAN DRAMA BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HOW FAR HAS IT BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE WESTERN TRADITION OF DRAMA? More often than not‚ the shape of a phenomenon is always the aftermath of a series of prequel activity‚ spanning
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A thing of beauty is joy forever. Everyone wants to look in a certain way‚ perfect and beautiful. This is not only the case for teenagers‚ but also adults and specially girls. Size zero is the new trend for fashion world and new definition to look sexy and cool according to most. Everybody wants to see a perfect image of male and female body. This creates unnecessary aspiration to achieve that perfect image‚ and aspiration soon turns into obsession. Teens think that to be popular it is important
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World Peace! Ever since‚ man has struggled for peace. There have been many efforts put forth that intend to alleviate conflicts and restore peaceful relationships. However‚ much as we want to attain peace by doing any peace agreements possible‚ we are still no where near from that goal. Conflicts and disagreements that have exacerbated into violent combats are constantly plaguing the planet. Isolated cases of violence are present everywhere‚ both small and big scale hostilities afflicts
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The Athenians valued philosophy‚ equality‚ and art. They weren’t afraid to challenge society views‚ which at the time many believed in mythology. Plato was the first to come close to Christianity beliefs by recognizing that invisible things in nature had an order and purpose. Plato inspired Aristotle to conclude that there has to be someone conducting that order‚ what we know as God. They weren’t as dedicated to a strong army as they were to education. During the Peloponnesian War the Pericles persuaded
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importance of our past and how the things we have today are collaboration of previous ideas. The Greek and Roman culture‚ also known as the Greco- Roman culture‚ has influenced the modern United States. The three ways their culture has influenced us has been through politics‚ economics‚ and architecture. In politics‚ they influenced the way we use congress and a senate for an organized democracy. The Greek Civilizations had group meetings with all the citizens in the city to create and pass laws. They
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The history of philosophy is full with great minds that have had such great impact on humanity. Even in the present day‚ philosophers’ names‚ views on life‚ and the world are still remembered and passed down generation to generation. One philosopher is the man born in 551 BC in the ancient state of Lu in China. He is known in the east as K’ung Tzu or Kung Fu Tzu but in the west he is known as Confucius. Born during the depressing age known as the Warring States Period‚ Confucius grew up in a society
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Unlike Greek heroes‚ our present-day heroes cannot throw thunderbolts‚ nor can they kill a half human‚ half bull monster with their bare hands however‚ they do share many characteristics with Greek heroes. The characteristics that both modern and Greek heroes possess are a large reason why these Greek heroes are considered heroic by the Greeks. Two common characteristics of both modern and Greek heroes is they are mentally strong and selfless. It is not far-fetched to say because modern day heroes
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and the use of masks. I am comparing this to modern day comedy since I have seen direct examples on television‚ which use this method of acting‚ in modern day shows. The fact that some of these performers were verging on genius 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
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