Stage Fixtures
This structure, no known as the stage, is where the actors performed
Orchestra
This is where the action of the protagonist takes place
Episodes
Theater can happen
Anywhere
He was the greek god of Theater
Dionysis
Greek word for the songs sung by the chorus
Dithyramb
This structure is also a plot device, and is a crane that lifts an actor pretending to be a deity.
Deus Ex Machina
This is when a Deity comes in at the end and fixes it all
Deus Ex Machina
In order to experience theater we need 1 actor, 1 audience member and this:
A script
The first man to step out from the chorus and begin to act out a story was named
Thespis
This word translates to goat song
Tragedy
This is where the Goat gets its throat slit
Thymele
This is when the chorus provides their point of view on the action
Stasima
According to the functionalist, theater's evolution was in three stages... Myth to what to Theater.
Rituals
The greeks performed their plays in this
An outdoor ampitheater
Great protagonists in greek drama all possess this greek word for fatal flaw which translates to missing the mark.
Hamartia
This structure was the dressing hut where actors changed clothes. It looks like our present day word for scene.
Skene
This Greek word for prologue is when the chorus establishes the setting
Parodos
Dancing, laughing and joking is an example of what impulse?
Ludic
Aristotle felt it was important for greek citizens to go to theater to experience this
Catharsis
This is what Aristotle wanted audiences to experience at the theater
Catharsis
This is where the chorus enters
Parodoi
This is when the protagonist experiences a reversal of fortune, recognizes their mistake and a scene of suffering.
Catastrophe
Telling a story to your friend about what happened in math class is an example of what impulse?
Mimetic
Greeks arranged their play submissions in a tetralogy. How many plays are in a tetralogy?
4
The seeing place translates to this greek word for the whole theatrical structure of the outdoor ampitheater
Theatron