Tragedy and Drama In a range of dramatic works from Agamemnon to Hamlet‚ one sees the range of development of the tragic form‚ from the earliest Greek to the later Shakespearean tragedies. There are two basic concepts of tragedy: the concept introduced by Aristotle in his Poetics‚ and the concept developed by Frederick Nietzsche in his "The Birth of Tragedy." Many dramas can be reviewed to reveal the contrast between these two concepts of tragedy‚ and demonstrate the development of the tragic
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development‚ English Drama had already passed through religious‚ moral and artistic period when towards the closing years of the 16th century it fell‚ for further development‚ into the hands of a group of well educated scholars who are generally referred to as University Wits. They were responsible for providing Shakespeare the right foundation so as to raise English Drama to the highest point and make it the greatest literary force of the Elizabethan age. In the tradition of Drama that was received
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English -Explain why it is a metaphor and example of it being used‚ its affect -Write in the form of the passage analysis Paper 1: Passage analysis from either a prose or poem -2 hour Paper 2: Comparative study -2 hours Look up literary and drama terms in all plays Stage directions and McCarthyism Sample Questions: “In plays‚ no one arrives on or leaves from the stage without contributing in some way to the complexity of the play.” Considering two or three plays you have studied
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How I have used Brecht techniques and style in my performance. In my performance‚ my group and I have used an array of Brechtian techniques and styles to create a stylised and tasteful performance. Some of these techniques are necessary for a Brechtian piece‚ such as the use of gestus‚ play building and alienation. Some other Brechtian techniques such as the use of spazz‚ songs/music‚ montage and placards help create a greater meaning in the performance. When my group and I started our performance
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Austin Groveman Professor Accardo English 102 12/2/14 A Doll House drama essay I argue that there is a connection between irony as a main theme and manipulation in A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen‚ and this is why my argument is valid… In Ibsen’s play irony is a visual element that is extremely present. A type of irony seen in playwrights such as A Doll House creates a lack of similarity between two or more facts. “Between what characters think is the case and what actually is the case”.(DiYanni‚933)
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John Therry Catholic High School Assessment Task Outline Creative Arts: HSC Drama 2013 Area of Study: Contemporary Australian Drama Task Outline Part A) Students are to present a group performance blending two scenes from the texts set for study (Stolen and Ruby Moon). A journal is to be submitted to accompany the performance Part B) A 1200 word essay answering the following question is to be submitted Notification Date: Week 1A Term 1 – Friday 1st February 2013 Date Due: Week
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Media Practice Paper 1a) The ever increasing popularity of crime dramas is a result of the programme being voyeuristic and escapist in terms of representations‚ as people often seek the thrill and danger without being involved in the programme itself. An example of this would be in ‘Sherlock’‚ as the protagonist ‘Sherlock’‚ is shown to be an intellectual genius‚ solving the crimes mathematically by using his own unique technique. This is important‚ as the audience almost want to spy on the character
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British Cinema History Emergent British Cinema 1880-1900 Modern cinema is generally regarded as descending from the work of the French Lumière brothers in 1892‚ and their show first came to London in 1896. However‚ the first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park in 1889 by William Friese Greene‚ a British inventor‚ who patented the process in 1890. The film is the first known instance of a projected moving image. At the end of the 19th America had started to experiment
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The Chorus in Greek drama was a large group of performers (suggested between 12 and 30) of people who sang or chanted songs and poems‚ and danced during plays. They are homogenized and non-individualized group in Greek drama. Despite the large size‚ they represented a collective consciousness‚ or a single body‚ often wearing masks to render sense of unification and anonymity. In Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex‚ the chorus is composed of senators‚ while in Sophocles’s Electra‚ the chorus is made up of the
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They bring out Macbeth’s inner evil ambition and determine his fate. “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” (Act 1‚ Sc. 1‚ 11)‚ the witches start Act one‚ Scene one in an ominous atmosphere of thunder and lighting. The bleak atmosphere that starts off the drama supports the horror and tragedy that characterizes the rest of the play. The audience learns about their intentions of meeting Macbeth and doing harm “when the hurlyburly’s done/ When the battle’s lost and won” (Act 1‚ Sc. 1‚ 4-5). Macbeth may win
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