Theater Flashcards
(23 cards)
Theatron
We’re the audience members would sit.
Build next to a hill side
Orchestra
Normal circular shape were the chorus would sing and dance
Skene
A separate structure acts like a background
Parados
Pathways for actors to enter/exit
Thespian
(Actor) typically 3 major characters in a Greek tragedy
Masks
Used to perry emotions and petray characters
Attire
Supports: social status, stature, emotions
Tragic hero/ characteristics
A high status
Have leadership qualities
Have a tragic glad which is cause by error and judgement
Fault for fortune- suffer more than normals
Chorus
Would sing and dance, would fue background information to understand play, the way they act on stage gave audience the mood
Anagnorisis
Startling discovery of a characters true identity
Catharsis
Relieve of emotional tension
Hamartia
The flaw that causes the downfall
Hubris
Excessive pride
Perpeteia
Sudden reversal of fortune
From good to bad
Trilogy
Set of 3 stories
Zeus
King of Olympians
Apollo
Has been recognized as a god of light & sun, truth and prophecy
The Sphinx
Morphological creature with a deadly riddle
Athena
Goodness of wisdom and skill
Hades
God of the underworld
Thebes
Ancient Greek city
Artemis
Made shrines and Thebes
Ares
God of war