Greek Theatre
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
This civilization made tragedy into art.
Who were the Greeks?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonius?
The process by which the writer shows the character's personality through speech, actions, and appearance.
What is indirect characterization?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
This is the number of Sophocles’s plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who were the parents of Oedipus?
An author or another character within the story describing or revealing a character,
What is direct characterization?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
It was the golden age in ancient Greece.
What is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
“Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother.”
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
Speech, thoughts, effect, actions, looks
What are ways of examining indirect characterization?
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
What was the Chorus?
This was Sophocles’s age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
A single flaw in character, or hamartia
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who was Jocasta?
Romeo's best friend who is killed by Tybalt.
Who is Mercutio?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is “bury Eteocles but not Polyneices”?
Juliet's cousin and enemy of the Montagues.
Who is Tybalt?