Changes to the Stage
This is the reason ramps connecting the orchestra to the stage were introduced.
What is the stage height was raised?
Roman drama was more gory in part because of the competition with this form of entertainment.
What are gladiator fights?
This is the part of the story where we see the main problem in the story.
What is conflict?
The way things are said in a story; dialogue, word choice, sentence structure, etc.
What is tone?
This led to the decline of Roman theater.
What is the increasing power of the Catholic church?
During the Roman period, these became a full two stories and were decorated with peraktoi.
What are skene?
Unlike Greek tragedies, Roman dramas did not have this part of the cast, which was used to represent the townspeople.
What is the chorus?
This is the part of the story where we meet the characters, relationships are established, and we set the scene for the story.
What is the introduction/Exposition?
The people within the story.
What are characters?
This is the time period that bridges the time between the Greek and Roman periods and corresponds with the rule of Alexander the Great.
What is the Hellenistic period?
These first appeared around 55 B.C.
What are permanent theater structures?
This was the main difference between Greek drama masks and Roman drama masks.
What are wigs for hair?
This part of the story that leads up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
This is the belief, moral, lesson, or insight of a story.
What is the theme?
This is when a character moves from one side of the stage to another.
What is a cross?
These are ten to 12 foot openings on the second level of the skene that feature different backgrounds representing different settings.
What are thyromata?
This comedian was known for his wit, dialogue, and farce.
Who is Plautus?
This is the part of the story where the pieces are starting to fall into place and the conflict is starting to be resolved.
What is falling action?
Who is telling the story.
What is point of view?
This is the organizing of movements, prop locations, and positioning on the stage.
What is blocking?
These were used for the first time during the Roman period for sudden, dramatic revelations of characters or scenes.
What are curtains?
This comedian was the first to develop the five-act structure favored by Shakespeare.
Who is Seneca?
This is the part of the story where the conflict is over and the story is wrapping up.
What is the resolution?
The way things are said in a story; dialogue, word choice, sentence structure, etc.
What is tone?
These are the types of conflict.
What are character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. nature, and character vs. society?