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1
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Dionysus

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Religous

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chorus

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group of 50 which was changed to 15 who sang and danced

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thespis

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father of drama(6th century/535 B.C) introduced first actor

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Aeschylus

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(526-426 B.c) Second actor/ unified themes

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Sophocles

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(496-406 B.C) 3rd actor/ chros 50 reduced to 15 and added painted scenery

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6
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Euripides

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(486-406 B.C) reduced participation of chorus and relied on prologue

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7
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ouside(a)(seats)

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theatron

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Middle Circle(B)

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Orchaestra

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9
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in the middle of orchaestra(C)

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thymele(altar)

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10
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behind the backdrop(D)

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Skene(dressing room)

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11
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infront of the dressing room(E)

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Proskenion( backdrop)

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12
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Entrance(F)

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Parodos

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13
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playwright

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took the leading role

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14
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characters were all

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male

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15
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never had more then ___ changed characters

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three

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16
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protagonist

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the leading character or one of the major characters

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deuteragonist

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the person second in importance to the protagonist in a drama.

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tritagonist

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the person who is third in importance, after the protagonist and deuteragonist, in an ancient Greek drama.

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19
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costumers were

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long flowing high boots and large masks

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20
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mask identified

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aga,gender, emotion

21
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Antigone values

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Family/Religon

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Creon Values

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Law/Nation

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Tragedy

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a serious play which causes the watcher to fear and pity

24
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Tragic hero

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not good or bad born to high power, downfall is within of a weakness or a error in judgement

25
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Hamartia

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Tragic flaw causing downfall

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Hubris

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Overwhelming pride which is Usually a tragic flaw

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anaghorisis

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discovery of the hero, ignorance to knowledge

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peripeteria

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reversing fortune

29
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nemesis

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fate you cant escape

30
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catharsis

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getting rid of emotions can effect the veiwer

31
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Antigone

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girl who sacrfices her life for her brother Polyneices and is also her sister/ hung herself

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Polyneices

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Son of odipuis and killer of odipius married his mom and fought over the kingdom of thebes with his brother who ended in both of their deaths

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ismene

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sister of antigone and siter to polyneices and eteocles

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creon

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2nd ruler of thebes devoted to the order of the kingdom

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Haemon

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antigones fiance/ stabbed himself to be with antigone

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Odipus

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the 1st king of thebes dad of all kids and killed by polyneices

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eteocles

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the older brother who refused to step down from the crown, but the son to be burried

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eurydice

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2nd queen of thebes and loves to knit/ slits her throat

39
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jocasta

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orignal queen of thebes hung herself

40
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Alliteration

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repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together

41
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Allusion

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reference to a statement person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts

42
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Aphorism

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short, wise, often clever saying

43
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Catharsis

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a cleansing or purifying of emotions

44
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Foil

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character who serves as a contrast to another character; used by writers to emphasize differences between two characters

45
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Dramatic Irony

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occurs when the reader or audience knows something important that the character does not know

46
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Verbal Irony

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speaker says one thing but says the opposite

47
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Ode

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a sing separating one scene from another

48
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Paradox

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a statement or a situation that seems to be a contradiction but that reveals a truth

49
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Parallelism

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repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that state a similar idea

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