Theater Flashcards

(23 cards)

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Theatron

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We’re the audience members would sit.

Build next to a hill side

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Orchestra

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Normal circular shape were the chorus would sing and dance

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Skene

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A separate structure acts like a background

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Parados

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Pathways for actors to enter/exit

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Thespian

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(Actor) typically 3 major characters in a Greek tragedy

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Masks

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Used to perry emotions and petray characters

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Attire

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Supports: social status, stature, emotions

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Tragic hero/ characteristics

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A high status
Have leadership qualities
Have a tragic glad which is cause by error and judgement
Fault for fortune- suffer more than normals

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Chorus

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Would sing and dance, would fue background information to understand play, the way they act on stage gave audience the mood

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Anagnorisis

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Startling discovery of a characters true identity

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Catharsis

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Relieve of emotional tension

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Hamartia

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The flaw that causes the downfall

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Hubris

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Excessive pride

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Perpeteia

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Sudden reversal of fortune

From good to bad

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Trilogy

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Set of 3 stories

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Zeus

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King of Olympians

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Apollo

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Has been recognized as a god of light & sun, truth and prophecy

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The Sphinx

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Morphological creature with a deadly riddle

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Athena

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Goodness of wisdom and skill

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Hades

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God of the underworld

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Thebes

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Ancient Greek city

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Artemis

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Made shrines and Thebes

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Ares