Chapter 1-12
What are the components of the literary “quest”?
quester, a place to go, a state reason to go there, challenges and trials, and the real to go
This symbolizes freedom is often represented as a superhero, skier, circus act, etc;
What is Flight
What is the point of the classical period(490-330 B.C)
The point of the classical period was that the Greeks furthered culture and philosophy and logic
Moral: Right vs. Wrong
In Greek Tragedy there should be an easy distinction between who is good and bad.
What god in Greek culture is attributed to the formation of Greek plays and why?
It is the wine god Dionysus, and the heavy drinking and goats that are associated with him are in the the final and fourth play of a Greek tragedy.
What does Foster mean when he states that all pieces of writing come from Shakespeare or the bible?
All common ideas and story lines originate from early works of Shakespeare and/or, the Bible because the lessons and ideas from the bible have been integrated to Shakespeare and can influence future literary works
Why should you not read with your eyes?
What is Letting go helps your perspective grow and helping view the story from other peoples perspectives.
Name 2 popular ancient Greek playwrights
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Role of Fate
The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events
What idea is Hassan's cleft lip an example of
What is 'marked for greatness'
True or False: Weather can symbolize something but for the most part it is just weather.
FALSE weather usually sets the mood for the scene and always symbolizes a certain emotion
What does heart disease represent?
Sophocles wrote around 100 works, how many are surviving today.
Only 7 of his works survived to today
The Tragic Hero and Hubris
The protagonist should be renowned and prosperous, so his change of fortune can be from good to bad. Hubris is violent transgression when one has overweening pride or insolence that results in a misfortune of the protagonist of the tragedy
What are the three principals of a Greek Tragedy
“A true tragedy should evoke pity and fear on the part of the audience.”
“The tragic hero [protagonist] must be essentially admirable and good.”
“In a true tragedy, the hero's demise must come as a result of some personal error or decision.”
What does the author usually do to the character that stands next to the hero?
The characters that stand close to the hero are used by the author to progress the plot negatively or positively
Why would an author make a character blind?
what is The author wants to help the reader show how they see things in the spirit and divine world.
What are 2 of the 4 rules of the Greek play
It must be inspired by Greek mythology
It must be a serious subject matter.
No violence permitted on stage
3 or fewer actors on stage
Traditional Plot Line
There is the beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
How dose Aristotle define Greek tragedy?
A tragedy is a drama which depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience (8).
True or False: Symbols are mainly objects and can represent a certain idea or concept
FALSE: symbols can be anything from weather, to objects, injuries, and characters
What is baptism
Sophocles lived in a time of war between which 2 nations
Sparta and Athens
Chorus and Spectacle
The song or melody is the musical element of the chorus and helps unify the plot. The spectacular effects depend more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet/author.
What was the most ambitious construction project of the classical period that exemplified it’s ideals of logic and understanding.
The Parthenon