ENG 151 Test #2 Questions and Answers
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eccyclema wheeled platform used to move this fatal tableau into view of the spectators
exodos final scene of the play
ode (stasimon; pl. stasima) during which the chorus is alone on the orchestra commenting
as the voice of public opinion, about the course of action being taken by the main characters.
episode a passage of dialogue between two or more actors between the actors and the
chorus
antistrophes indicating choral movements to left and right, respectively
strophes indicating choral movements to left and right, respectively
parodos first appearance of the chorus in the play
,prologue (prologos) (prologos means that which is said first) the introductory scene that
tells the audience important information about the play's setting, characters, and events
immediately preceding the opening of the drama
satyr-play comic
trilogy first three plays
tetralogy set of four plays
enveloping action every play implies a larger sense of setting, a sense of history
setting where the play takes place
scrims (transparent) images were projected, all to enhance the play's dream-like
atmosphere
, box sets were designed to resemble, in the smallest details, interiors of houses and
apartments with an invisible "fourth wall" nearest the audience
staging (advances in technology since Shakespeare's day facilitated) more elaborate
effects
cothurnus high heeled boot
mise en scene another word for spectacle, French for "putting in on stage"
persona tragic mask
spectacle (sometimes called mise en scene, French for "putting on stage") is the last of
Aristotle's elements of tragedy and in his view, the least important. By spectacle we mean the
purely visual dimension of a play.
blank verse unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
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eccyclema wheeled platform used to move this fatal tableau into view of the spectators
exodos final scene of the play
ode (stasimon; pl. stasima) during which the chorus is alone on the orchestra commenting
as the voice of public opinion, about the course of action being taken by the main characters.
episode a passage of dialogue between two or more actors between the actors and the
chorus
antistrophes indicating choral movements to left and right, respectively
strophes indicating choral movements to left and right, respectively
parodos first appearance of the chorus in the play
,prologue (prologos) (prologos means that which is said first) the introductory scene that
tells the audience important information about the play's setting, characters, and events
immediately preceding the opening of the drama
satyr-play comic
trilogy first three plays
tetralogy set of four plays
enveloping action every play implies a larger sense of setting, a sense of history
setting where the play takes place
scrims (transparent) images were projected, all to enhance the play's dream-like
atmosphere
, box sets were designed to resemble, in the smallest details, interiors of houses and
apartments with an invisible "fourth wall" nearest the audience
staging (advances in technology since Shakespeare's day facilitated) more elaborate
effects
cothurnus high heeled boot
mise en scene another word for spectacle, French for "putting in on stage"
persona tragic mask
spectacle (sometimes called mise en scene, French for "putting on stage") is the last of
Aristotle's elements of tragedy and in his view, the least important. By spectacle we mean the
purely visual dimension of a play.
blank verse unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
