David Grice Theater History 1 9/13/2011 The role of the Greek Chorus in Agamemnom The role that the Greek chorus played throughout the development of acient Greek theater changed from show to show. Their purposes were to sway audience’s emotions to feel the way the characters felt‚ to fill in the audience of what has happened in the past and give in sight of what will happen in the future‚ and to play the part of the "people" speaking as one being in society. In Agamemnon the Greek chorus’s
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has the Tutor heard of? 3. Why does the Nurse fear for Medea’s children? 4. Why does the Nurse say she prefers not to be great? 5. Whom do the members of the Chorus represent? 6. What excuse
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Aeschylus introduced a "second actor" on stage‚ allowing for action and interaction to take place and establishing a caste of professional actors (Bloom‚ 45). He let the chorus converse with the characters‚ introduced elaborate costumes and stage designs. Two of Aeschylus’ plays‚ Oresteia and Prometheus Bound‚ illustrate the importance of Chorus and the characteristic concept of "hubris"‚ or excessive pride‚ focusing on man’s social and political consequences in the universe in relation to the Greek gods
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Explain the purpose of the main characters‚ minor characters and the chorus in Antigone. (30 marks) All characters which feature in Sophocles’ play Antigone play an important role somehow; mainly conveying a certain moral or theme. The major characters portray the main themes such as loyalty‚ whilst some of the minor characters and the chorus explore the theme of prophecy and fate. Antigone is one of/the main character in the play named after herself. However it is debatable whether she is the
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A comparison of the influential role of the chorus in Sophocles’ Antigone and Euripides’ Medea It has been said by Napoleon Hill‚ “Think twice before you speak‚ because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another”. This has been put to use in the plays Antigone by Sophocles and Medea by Euripides. The chorus which was an integral part of ancient Greek drama was used in the dramas to play an influential role. However‚ the group they mainly influenced
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is a fate that he cannot escape and an enemy he cannot defeat. In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the Chorus dedicates its first ode to man’s victories and its supreme vulnerability: death. The choral ode is divided into four sections: Strophe I‚ Antistrophe I‚ Strophe II‚ Antistrophe II‚ each focusing on either man’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ accomplishments‚ and consequences his actions yield. In Strophe II‚ the chorus elaborates on the triumphs man has achieved‚ but confesses that man has the inevitable destiny
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McCallium Davis July 24‚ 2011 MUSI200 B006 Sum 11 Instructor: Bethanie Hansen Composition Analysis Paper of Handel‚ Messiah‚ “Hallelujah” Chorus I chose to do my paper on this particular piece because I love church music and wanted to get to know the history of this piece. I like this piece because this song can be used to encourage depressed people and those who are almost giving up in life. This musical acts as a comfort to them and gives them a reason to go on and to never give up. I
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convention largely demonstrating roots within Greek tragedy. The choric function is just one of these conventions. This essay hopes to explore various uses of the Chorus within Greek tragedies by Aeschylus and Sophocles‚ and then to analyse how traits of a Greek Chorus‚ and the choric function can be found within 20th Century Theatre. The Chorus in Greek tragedy was a large group (it is suggested between 12 and 30) of people who sang or chanted songs and poems that helped set the scene of the play‚ bring
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All We Like Sheep Analysis The Passion of Jesus Christ is such a compelling truth that has drawn many of the great composers of history to attempt doing it justice through music. George Fredric Handel‚ from England‚ is recognised as a great composer of the Baroque era (1600-1750). He composed the magnificent oratorio the “Messiah”. This took him 260 manuscripts and just 24 days to complete and it became a legendary piece in the history of music. An oratorio is basically a large musical composition
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An Analysis of Metaphysical Religious Poetry In this essay the metaphysical religious poetry of the seventeenth century is explored. This essay argues that the imagery in the poems of John Donne‚ George Herbert and Andrew Marvell contributes to themes of struggle and acceptance. Initially‚ this essay discusses the religious context their poems were written in‚ and then it presents an analyses of their poetry as metaphysical works. In this analysis the imagery each poet used‚ as well as the influence
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