Greek tragedy Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

CLC 106 Midterm Exam Questions with Correct Answers Ritual - Answer-A traditional pattern of action Folktale - Answer-Ordinary folk, talking animals, strange creatures, giants, witches. Unspecified, generic Legend - Answer-Mortal heroes. Distant past, known places Myth - Answer-Immortal gods. In illo tempore, sacred space "at that (other) time." Etiology myth(origin myth) - Answer-Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomenon, proper names. Aeschylus - A...

Chapter 14 The Invention of Opera Questions with complete solution Chapter 14 The Invention of Opera opera - correct answer Drama with continuous or nearly continuous music, staged with scenery, costumes, and action. libretto - correct answer text of an opera pastoral drama - correct answer a forerunner of opera. A play in verse with music and songs interspersed. Subject, style, mythological characters, and use of music and dance was adopted by the earliest composers. madrigal ...

PRAXIS II ENGLISH CONTENT KNOWLEDGE: MAJOR WORKS SYNOPSES WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% 2023 Piers Plowman Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland concerning the narrator's intense quest for a true Christian life. One of the early great works of English literature. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance and one of the better-known Arthurian stories. Sir Gawain, one of Arthur's knights, accepts the challenge of the myst...

Fifteenth and Sixteenth century Europe CORRECT ANSWER -Uprising of criticism of organized religion because of the invention of the printing press and the widespread printing of the bible in the vernacular and not in Latin -Renaissance: 1) women became better educated and started writing and becoming artists 2) realism in painting -Transatlantic exploration -Humanist period of thought syntax CORRECT ANSWER The way in which words are put together to form phrases semantics CORRECT ANSWER ...

Theatrical Conventions Rules of conduct and understood communication codes of the theatre Universals of theatre (4) 1. Theatre is live- mistakes are possible, audience, reciprocity, energy is shared between actors and audience 2. Theatre is ephemeral- theatre always changes, it can't be repeated, recorded theatre (film) 3. Theatre is collaborative- working towards a common goal 4. Theatre is a synthesis of many arts- actors, sets, lighting, costumes, music, sound, director "Magic if" ...

CSTU 101 Quiz / Chapter 8Greek comedy can accurately be described as a philosophy of life - correct answer True Under the right circumstances, a Greek tragedy could focus on the plight of a lower-class citizen - correct answer False Not a whole lot of action actually took place on stage in a typical Greek drama. - correct answer True When viewed in Greek terms, the Bible must be considered the world's greatest tragedy - correct answer False What is one of the most significant things...

Homer - Odyssy and Iliad Blind, his works were compiled after is death Iliad - story of Ilium or Troy Odyssey - Story of Ulysses/Odysseus The Argonauts - Story of Jason and the Argus trying to get the golden fleece Pericles - important founder of democracy Greek Historians - Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon Greek Playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides Aeschylus - Father of tragedy Prometheus Bound Sophocles - Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex, Antigone Euriped...

Oedipus' biological father - Answer-Laius Oedipus' adoptive father - Answer-Polybus Oedipus' biological mother - Answer-Jocasta Oedipus' adoptive mother - Answer-Merone Where was Oedipus born? - Answer-Thebes Where did Oedipus live with his adoptive parents? - Answer-Corinth What does Oedipus do when he finds out he is adopted? - Answer-He goes to the Oracle of Delphi Why did Oedipus leave Corinth? - Answer-Apollo told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother Where doe...

Oedipus Rex Test Actual Questions and Answers 2024 Graded A Why were Greek dramas originally performed? What was this God in charge of? Greek dramas were originally performed honoring Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, and rebirth. Briefly define "Tragedy". What does the word tragedy come from? Tragedy- a serious drama featuring a none, dignified protagonist who strives to achieve something but is ultimately defeated.; it is derived from the Greek "tragodia," meaning goat-song Wh...

CAMS Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Which letter identifies the orchestra in a Greek theater? - ANSWERSC What walks on four legs, two legs, and three legs? The Minotaur The Sphinx Mankind Dogs Maenads - ANSWERSMankind "Tragedy," which literally means "goat song," was from its inception an artistic form consisting of a small number or actors who interacted with a chorus. True False - ANSWERSFalse Which of the following men was most responsible for the dramatic A...