2010 Medusa Exam Syllabus Olympians 2.0 This syllabus is intended to help guide you in your preparation for the exam. It is not the be all‚ end all; there can be information on the exam which is not explicitly detailed on this syllabus. If you find other information in your research that you think should be added‚ go ahead. We want to be fully prepared for the test! This was designed by Dave Mathers & his Greek class‚ in preparation for
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Playwright The play Phaedra’s Love‚ by Sarah Kane‚ takes the classic Greek tragedy‚ Phaedra‚ and retells it in a modern-day setting. The play‚ which features incredibly violent and visceral scenes of sex‚ brutality‚ rape‚ and murder‚ is reflective of Sarah Kane’s writing style. Kane’s plays are known for being disturbingly violent and visual. As a playwright‚ Kane seeks to show rather than tell‚ taking inspiration from such playwrights as Edward Bond‚ Samuel Beckett‚ Howard Brenton‚ and
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lost on Earth during the war. In 1228 B.C.‚ the mortal king Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) of Heraklion searches for the bow‚ intending to use it to release the Titans to spite the gods for failing to save his family. Hyperion captures the virgin oracle Phaedra (Freida Pinto)‚ believing that she can find the Bow’s resting place. In a small village nearby‚ the inhabitants prepare to flee to Mount Tartarus to avoid Hyperion’s army. One inhabitant‚ Theseus (Henry Cavill)‚ is a skilled warrior trained by his
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character provide each story a different meaning; a large portion of the meaning comes from the reader’s ability or inability to relate to Phaedra; this ability depends on the author’s portrayal of her and her actions. Seneca’s version of the story of Hippolytus’s death is called Phaedra. Before even beginning to read the narrative‚ the reader understands that Phaedra is the main character in the story; the main conflict of the story is one between her and her stepson. She does everything in her power
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Tragedy‚ Arthur Miller and the Common Man Sophocles‚ Euripides‚ Aeschylus and Arthur Miller. At first glance this quartet seems like an simple case of “one of these things doesn’t belong with the others‚” though dig a little deeper‚ just beneath the surface‚ and you’ll discover that something unbreakable and timeless binds these seemingly disparate names tightly together. What could these four men all possibly share? Three of them were contemporaries‚ relatively‚ born well over 2‚000 years ago
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much passion toward pleasing Phaedra that it brought her pain and destruction. After Phaedra turned against her‚ Oenone kills herself. Phadra explaining the death of Oenone to Theseus says‚ “Of my vile passion‚ make it known to you‚ abused my weakness and‚ by vicious rose‚ made haste to be the first one to accuse. For that she’s paid; fleeing my wrath‚ she found too mild a death in the waves is drowned” (Act V‚ Scene 7‚ Line 36-39). The passion that came from Phaedra had a hold on Oenone which caused
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themes of speech and silence in Hippolytus: Euripides adopts the themes of speech and silence within Hippolytus in order to enable plot progression‚ to create dramatic effect and to develop his characterisation of key individuals such as Aphrodite‚ Phaedra‚ the Nurse‚ Theseus and Hippolytus himself. Through exploration of the themes in relation to the characters and chronologically it is clear that the sporadic pattern of speech and silence creates suspense and induces a far more intrinsic and natural
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announces new comers. In Hippolytus the chorus is not as active as Sophoclean tragedy. They inform the audience of the death of his wife. But under no circumstances could they speak of the criminal passion of Phaedra for Hippolytus. That would have been the height of impropriety. That is why Phaedra has to lay bare her heart to the Nurse. It is Artemis who informed Theseus of what actually happened. What mortals fail to do‚ Dues ex machine can. The choruses in Hippolytus therefore do not serve any important
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their own destinies and actions despite being subject to the whims of the gods. However in Euripides’ Hippolytus this belief is shown in a contradictory light‚ especially concerning the character Phaedra‚ for she lacks free will‚ due to Aphrodite using her as a pawn in her plan to kill Hippolytus. Though Phaedra refuses to speak of this affliction‚ lest her reputation be called into question‚ she experiences an incident where her Nurse’s prying into her degenerative state leads to an outburst. This outburst
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A famous speech by Shakespeare’s Falstaff questions the value of: honor 1. ( T or F ) Aristotle considered plot more important than character or thought. True 2. ( T or F ) Aristotle was both a theater critic and a philosopher. True 3. Aristotle’s famous analysis of tragedy is found in a work called: The Poetics 4. Aristotle’s work on comedy is how long? 5 acts long 5. What did the Commedia delle’arte specialize in? 6. What is satire? a literary genre or form‚ although in practice
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