Aristotle's Key Elements
Who is Aristotle considered to be?
What is the father of the modern drama?
Who wrote Antigone?
Who is Sophocles?
What is the difference between preliminary situation and antecedent action?
What is an exposition?
The information put before an audience that gives the facts fo the play. (who/what/where/when)
What was the book that Aristotle wrote that explained his key elements?
What is Poetics?
What was Aeschylus known as?
Who were Antigone, Ismene, Eteocles and Plyneices' father?
Who is Oedipus?
What is the mood of the play?
The emotional feeling of the play, given to us by the characters, setting, lighting and dialogue.
What is the structure of a play?
However the playwright arranges and presents the four narrative essentials.
Where do human happiness and misery stem from?
What is actions?
How many awards did Sophocles win at Greek Play Festivals?
What was the result of Antigone giving her brother a proper burial?
What is her death?
What is the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist?
Protagonist is the hero of our story, someone who is able to be rooted for. The antagonist is the person or force that is opposing the protagonist
- will also accept good guy and bad guy
What was Aristotle?
According to Aristotle what should action have?
What is Unity, a beginning/middle/end, and a protagonist who must be believable?
Who invented the trilogy?
Who was King Creon's son?
Who is Haemon?
What is the denouement?
The resolution of the play
What did Euripides focus on?
His plays emphasized psychological motivations and social consciousness.
What are Aristotle's Key Elements that he wrote in his book Poetics?
What are plot, characters, diction, reasoning, sound and spectacle?
Who was the first to humanize drama with household details and events that appealed to the emotions?
Who is Euripides?
Why is the Chorus important to the story of Antigone
What is they act as the narrator?
What are the four narrative writing essentials used in a play?
Exposition, plot, characters, and the theme
Do we use Aristotle's ideas in modern theater?
Yes