This is the idea that the drama should focus on one main issue that is probable and believable.
unity of plot
100
No matter who they are, all characters in the drama must be ____________.
good in some way
200
She is the monster that terrorized Thebes with her riddles.
Sphinx
200
She is Oedipus' birth mother...oh, and his wife.
Jocasta
200
This has to do with HOW things are said in the play.
diction
200
This is the change from ignorance to knowledge.
discovery
200
Characters have to act appropriately for their __________________.
gender and/or station in life
300
To whom do Oedipus' parents give him in an attempt to get rid of him?
Their shepherd
300
He is the blind prophet in the drama.
Tiresias
300
These two elements have to do with music in the drama.
spectacle and melody
300
This the change from one state of things at the beginning to the opposite state at the end.
peripety
300
Characters have to have believable ____________.
personalities
400
Oedipus literally means this.
swollen foot
400
He is Jocasta's brother--Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle.
Creon
400
Spectacle refers to the ___________ of the play.
staging
400
The change in the main character must go from _______ to _______.
happiness to misery
400
Characters have to act ______________ throughout the play.
consistently
500
The Oracle of Delphi tells Oedipus this fateful message.
He will kill his father and sleep with his mother.
500
He is Oedipus' "foster" father in Corinth.
Polybus
500
The music, or melody, has to _____________ in with play.
blend
500
Aristotle defines tragedy as "an imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, ___________ ___ _____________." Fill in the blanks.
complete in itself
500
The ____________ purpose of the character must be clear to the audience.