The comedic development: When one thinks comedy‚ the first impression that comes to mind may be a bundle of gags and pranks‚ or clever wording and bizarre situations that bring joy and laughter to its audience‚ or its victims (mostly). Deriving from Ancient Greece‚ comedy was first recognised as a genre when many playwrights started to satire political situations‚ which not only attracted masses of people but also influenced their views on political figures. As time passed on‚ so did comedy pass
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Cicero Seneca Eclogues Plautus and Terence Horace= Ars Poetica Ovid= Ars Amatoria Metamorphoses Catullus Propertius EUROPEAN Background: Civalry‚Feudalism‚ Christian Mythology Poetry Prose
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Theatre of ancient Greece From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Greek drama) Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses of "Greek Theatre"‚ see Greek theatre (disambiguation). Theatre mask‚ 1st century BC The theatre of Ancient Greece‚ or ancient Greek drama‚ is a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece between 550 BC and 220 BC. The city-state of Athens‚ which became a significant cultural‚ political‚ and military power during this period‚ was its centre‚
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instrumental in the development of the new drama‚ which was then beginning to evolve apart from the old mystery and miracle plays of the Middle Ages. The Italians were particularly inspired by Seneca (a major tragic playwright and philosopher) and Plautus (comic clichés‚ especially that of the boasting soldier had a powerful influence on the Renaissance and after). However‚ the Italian tragedies embraced a principle contrary to Seneca’s ethics: showing blood and violence on the stage. It is also
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Theatre probably arose as a performance of ritual activities that did not require initiation on the part of the spectator. This similarity of early theatre to ritual is negatively attested by Aristotle‚ who in his Poetics defined theatre in contrast to the performances of sacred mysteries: theatre did not require the spectator to fast‚ drink the kykeon‚ or march in a procession; however theatre did resemble the sacred mysteries in the sense that it brought purification and healing to the spectator
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Discuss the characteristics of the Restoration age The spirit of the restoration period was different from the Elizabethan period.by the year 1660 Elizabethan romanticism had but spent it-self of the great figure of the earlier era only one survived‚ John Milton was of the part.At the restoration he retired and worked his great poem reveals no sign of the time in which his later years were spent In restoration period the break with the past is almost absolute.Subject and style look on a new spirit
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‘Comedy relies on familiar sources of misunderstanding’. To what extent are mistaken identities and misunderstanding central to the comedy of ‘Twelfth Night’? Much of the Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ focuses on misconceptions and the way disguises cause the root of misunderstandings in which mistaken identities arise‚ a fortuitous device for complicating action. Critic John Hollander described the play to be a ‘ritualized Twelfth Night festivity in itself’ . The comedic aspect is all due to
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Pompeii was a great city in ancient Rome that was abruptly destroyed when the seemingly harmless and docile Mt. Vesuvius unexpectedly erupted destroying the city of Pompeii and the bordering city of Herculaneum. Before this tragedy struck Pompeii was a very wealthy city and a staple of Roman culture. Located just 10 Kilometers from Mount Vesuvius‚ Pompeii appeared to be nothing more than a wealthy city with a view of great mountain until its one defining moment in history changed everything. Where
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Lodovico Ariosto Lodovico Ariosto is one of the great humanists of the Renaissance. He was poet from Italy who had a large impact on the Renaissance. Ariosto was born September 8‚ 1474 in Reggio Emilia Italy. He grew up in a neighboring city Ferrar and had a good education. His first teacher was Luca Ripa‚ who was a humanist and he taught Ariosto grammar and rhetoric. Ariosto’s father forced him to study law and he didn’t like it all‚ but his education came to an end when his father died in 1500
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Chapter One Origins and Antiquity: Myths‚ Legends‚ and Epics The geographical origins of Western literature lie in areas as diverse as the Middle East‚ the Mediterranean‚ the central European forests‚ and the northwestern coasts‚ each of which produced a body of oral histories‚ myths‚ and legends‚ many of which were subsequently written down. They have been drawn on by writers since the emergence of a Western literature culture in ancient Greece. Stories have been used as entertainment‚ as origin
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