Exam 1

Question 1

Hamartia

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“error in judgement” “tragic Flaw”; Oedipus at crossroads, killed father

Question 2

Golden Age of Athenian Drama

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5th century BC (400’s)

Question 3

Tragic plays constructed

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by the contest rules for the festival for Dionysus in Athens

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System Magic If

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“if I were this person faced with this situation I would…” Stanislavsky’s idea about how to achieve inner truth

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Moscow Theatre

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formed in 1898; toured to US 1922-1924

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The Group, 1931- 1941

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Goal: to mirror its life of its time; technique, method, emotion memory/affective memory, and ensemble; Founders: Lee Strasberg, Harold Clerman, and Cheryl Crawford

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Lee Strasberg

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Co-founder of the group theater, Strasberg method- ensemble approach to acting with affective memory aka” Ameican method”, based on Stanislavsky method

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Cushman and Forest

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Forest- 1st American star, “muscular”, school acting

Cushman- 1st female star, play different genders, made acting acceptable for women

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Actors Studio

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1947, in New York, Founders Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis, Lee Strasberg joins, best known acting studio in the US

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Actors Equity

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signed by an equity contract by a producer, SAG joined union, complete membership for eligibility, emotional memory

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Emotional memory/Affective memory/ emotional recall/ Sense memory

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achieve an emotional truth on stage; remembering a past experience that is similar in the play

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Aristotle’s Poetics

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tragedy exist to cathart feel and other human emotions, tragedy served a useful purpose

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Catharsis

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important function to tragedy; get rid of emotion in theater not in real life

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Sophocles

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his 7 plays survived over time/ point of view is tragic

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Plato

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Aristotle’s teacher, believed tragedy had no function

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Characteristics of classical tragedy

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paradous- chorus, exodus- last scene (2nd messenger enters)

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Oedipus

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king, best example of classical tragedy

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Jocasta

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Oedipus’s mother who he then marries

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Creon

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Jocasta’s brother

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the Messenger from Corinth

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was given baby, didn’t kill baby, was there when king died, comes back to tell the truth

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Tragedy

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purpose: entertainment, divert attention from life, protest, expose social problem, oldest from of drama created by Athens in 5th century bc

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Protagonist

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the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

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Antagonist

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a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

Question 24

Genre

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a type or form of drama

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Comic Premise

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fantastic setting, ludicrous situation

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Farce

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ridiculous situations, physical humor, purpose; to make people laugh

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Melodrama

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music drama, music underscores the actions, suspense

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Satire

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exposes corruption in gov, individuals and or society in order to affect change

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Stanislavsky

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created "system" acting; co-founder of Moscow theater

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System Super Objective

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find character super objective, what character wants during the play and what's their driving force

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System relaxation

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if the actor was relaxed enough/all the way the character could come out of the actor effortlessly

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System Ensemble

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playing together of all performers; each character is important to keep the "main character" in character

Question 33

cattle call

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an open audition for parts in a play, movie, or other production.

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oracle

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oracle was the future

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Phocis

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motfit, place everything happens here, Oedipus kills everyone here, three roads

Question 36

suspension of natural law

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actions don't have consequences as they would in real life

Question 37

vaudeville/burlesque

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v-comedy doesn't make much sense b-women naked for men