The full influence of Greek tragedy upon our modern theatre is incomprehensible‚ with the mainstays of theatrical 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
Premium
© Roger Cardinal‚ 2004 Giorgio de Chirico and surrealist mythology Roger Cardinal What is most modern in our time frequently turns out to be the most archaic. Guy Davenport It has long been a sore point in the history of surrealism that the poets of the early Paris group should have heaped praise on Giorgio de Chirico as the inventor of a revolutionary approach to painting‚ only to revile him as a traitor to their cause just a few years later. The deep disappointment caused by the artist’s
Premium Surrealism
Amico Rodolfo Dora’s fiancé when she first meets Guido. He is insensitive and caught up in Italian high society‚ and he makes Dora unhappy. He also denies Guido a loan to open a bookstore. Vittorino A fellow prisoner at the concentration camp. Oreste The man who employs Ferruccio as an upholsterer. II. Summary Guido‚ and his best friend‚ Ferruccio‚ went to the city to get a job‚ when the brakes of their old car broke. While Ferruccio attempts to fix the car‚ Guido saw a woman who is to become
Premium
Antonio’s bike is stolen. Antonio and his son Bruno‚ with the assistance of a some acquaintances‚ spend the entire weekend searching all of Rome for the stolen bike. CREDITS DIRECTOR: Vittorio De Sica; PRODUCER: Umberto Scarpelli; SCREENWRITERS: Oreste Biancoli‚ Suso Cecchi D’Amico‚ Vittorio De Sica‚ Adolfl Franci‚ Gherardo Gherardi‚ Gerardo Guerrieri‚ and Cesare Zavattini; CINEMATOGRAPHER: Carlo Montuori; EDITOR: Eraldo Da Roma; ART DIRECTOR: Antonio Traverso; MUSIC: Alessandro Cicognini BASED
Premium
Unsafe sex or unprotected sex describes sexual contact of any form that takes place in the absence of a condom normally used in preventing the risk of sexually transmitted infections and HIV (Chambers‚ 2010). The World Health Organisation (2004) considers all the consequences that can arise from unsafe sex practice and came up with a broader definition stating that any sexual contact that can lead to unwanted pregnancy‚ abortion‚ infertility‚ unstable mental conditions and cancer arising from certain
Premium Sexual intercourse Human sexual behavior AIDS
Roman emperor 1 Roman emperor Emperor of the Roman Empire Former Monarchy Imperial Vexillum Augustus First monarch Last monarch Augustus Theodosius I (Unified or Classical)‚ Romulus Augustulus (Western)‚ Constantine XI (Eastern) Imperator‚ Augustus‚ Caesar‚ Princeps‚ Dominus Noster‚ or Autokrator (depending on period) Style Monarchy started 27 BC Monarchy ended AD 395 (Unified or Classical)‚ AD 476 (Western)‚ AD 1453 (Eastern) Current pretender None The Roman emperor was
Premium Roman Empire Ancient Rome Augustus
THEATRE Theatre a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality‚ presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from
Premium Tragedy Sophocles Aeschylus
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
Premium Ancient Greece Drama Tragedy
Women’s life in Ancient Greece through Euripides Electra Electra is one of the most prominent female figures in Ancient Greek literature as all three of the renowned tragedians‚ Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides have written their own respective plays centered around this one woman. I read the play of Electra written by Euripides. If the play was written by a woman it would be totally different. I even checked out some info about the other versions of Electra and they portray the
Premium Gender role Gender
voice of Zeus presents this version of vengeance‚ as the model by which to understand why humans suffer and the gods are just. In fact‚ he uses it to condemn Aigisthus‚ who perpetrated the crimes of adultery and murder; at the same time‚ he lauds Orestes‚ who successfully avenged Agamemnon (1.32-43). Therefore‚ vengeance has a far greater significance than almost all other sets of actions and moves the epic forward. The tale of vengeance itself does not begin until half of the poem is over‚ and
Premium Odyssey