Comedy
True of False: Characters in comedies usually die.
FALSE.
The word describes the tone or feeling of tragedy.
Serious, Sad.
Which genre (comedy or tragedy) usually ends in a wedding? (thinking of Shakespeare).
Comedy.
What flaw does King Midas have?
Greed
A "moral" is another word meaning "........" of the story.
Lesson or Message
This describing (adjective) word describes the "tone" or feeling of comedy.
Funny, Light, Silly
Hubris is the Greek word for what failing or flaw?
Pride (Excessive or Huge amount of Pride).
Which genre ends with almost everyone dying (thinking Shakespeare)?
Tragedy
Hermes gives something to Apollo to make up for stealing his cattle.
Musical instrument - Lyre
Trust what the gods tell you or warn you about is a lesson from which tragic myth?
Orpheus and Eurydice
A comedy's purpose is to...
entertain.
A tragedy's purpose is to....
Teach a lesson, provide us with a warning.
What happens when Pandora opens the box? Bonus point if you mention what gets trapped inside.
Death, disease and all evil and bad things are released into the world.
Hope is trapped inside.
The character of Arachne is turned into what?
A spider.
TRUE OR FALSE: The fate of King Midas provides a light and funny message or moral.
FALSE
A baby.
Bonus points if you mention he was 4 days old.
What makes a consequence "tragic"?
It leads to death, it cannot be changed.
Orpheus did what to cause Eurydice to go back to the Underworld (2 possible options)
1) Looked back
2) ignored Hades warning, didn't trust what he said (which led him to look back)
What happens to Narcissus? What is his tragic ending?
He dies and turns into a flower.
TRUE OR FALSE: The message of Narcissus and Echo is that you should be careful who you love and want to spend time with.
FALSE.
Bottom, the man with the head of a donkey, is an example of comedy because...
Puck (a trickster) plays a silly and ultimately harmless trick on him. He looks silly but is not harmed.
Her death by drowning.
Why is the transformation of Bottom (donkey head) comedic and not tragic?
What matters more when identifying the genre (comedy or tragedy) - the problem/conflict or the ending?
The ending - determines the lesson and the overall tone.
Daedalus and Icarus.