History
This nation/people are credited with 'inventing' modern theatre.
What is Greece/The Greeks
This is an outdoor space where theatre was presented in Ancient Greece.
What is an ampitheater
This is excessive pride
What is Hubris
This is the highest point of action in a story
What is the climax
What do we mean when we say that art helps us understand the world?
It helps us find meaning and form perceptions about the world
He is the author of 'The Poetics'
Who is Aristotle
This type of theatre has the audience 100% in front of the performance space.
What is a proscenium theater
This is a sudden reversal
What is peripeteia
This is the general information we need for a story, such as characters, and setting
What is exposition
What do we mean when we say art is synthetic?
It is man made, it is created to represent events for greater understanding of them
This is the word we derive 'theatre' from, which is Greek for 'seeing place'
What is theatron
This type of theater has audience members on three sides of the stage.
What is a thrust theater
This is the Greek word for 'recognition'
What is anagnorisis
Without this, there is no clash in a story, and likely quite boring
What is conflict
What are the specific environments of theatre?
What are the physical environments (eg where it is performed) and the social climate (eg time and place)
What are the rules for Tragedy
This type of theatre has audience members on all sides of the stage
What is an arena theatre
These words mean 'tragic flaw', and 'suffering', respectively
What are hamartia and pathos
This is the point of the story where the characters begin their interaction with the main conflict
What is the inciting action
How does theatre specifically satisfy humans?
This is the period of drama that is examined in 'The Poetics'
What is the fifth century BCE
This type of theatre is an enclosed room that allows for dynamic seating to be created.
What is a black box theater
This means to have a purging of emotion, or cleansing
What is catharsis
These are the events the lead to the climax, and to the resolution of the story, respectively
What are the rising and falling action
What is the name of the Greek tragedy where the protagonist gouges his eyes out?
Oedipus Rex