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Actors
Greek Playwrights
Structure of Greek Theatre
Definitions
Ironies
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Who was the first assumed actor in Greek theatre?Who was Thespis.
Who was Thespis.
100
Who was the playwright for Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles.
100
What does a Greek play start with?
Prologue
100
What is hamartia?
A tragic flaw that eventually leads to the character's downfall
100
Name three types of Ironies.
Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic Irony.
200
At first, how many actor(s) filled the roles of the characters?
One.
200
Who was the first tragedian to mix tragic plays with comic elements to create tragicomedies.
Euripides
200
Where do the main characters dance and act?
Orchestra
200
What is peripeteia?
A reversal of fortune brought about by the hero's tragic flaw(s)
200
Define Verbal Irony.
irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another or uses a word to convey a meaning that is the oppisite of the literal meaning.
300
What is the practical role of the chorus?
To dristact the audience between scenes and to help them better understand the plot.
300
How many plays did Aechylus write?
80 plays
300
What is a stasimon?
A song that that transitions episodes.
300
What is the classical definiton of tragedy?
A branch of drama that is followed by a series of terrible events.
300
Define Situational Irony.
Situational Irony occurs when the exact oppisite of whats meant to happen, happens.
400
What does thespian mean?
Actor or Actress
400
What is the playwright and name for the only satyr play to remain completely intact.
Euripides, Cyclops
400
What was the walkway which the actors walk to the orchestra on?
Parados
400
What is a two characteristics of a tragic hero?
a man of noble stature, own destruction is for a greater cause, has a tragic flaw
400
Define Dramatic Irony.
Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but is not grasped by the characters in the play.
500
Name all three of Thespis' other occupations in the theatre.
Playwright, stage director, and producer
500
What was Aeschylus referred to as?
"The father of tragedy"
500
What is the seating area called in the theatre?
Theatron
500
Tragicomedy comes from which greek word.
Tragos