Antigone Test Flashcards
What are some characteristics of a tragic hero?
- a person of importance
- good but not perfect
- moves from happiness to disaster through some character flaw or error in judgement, or through the forces of fate
Tragic flaw of error in judgement. The flaw is usually viewed as strength but causes downfall.
Hamartia
Arouses feelings of pity and terror in the audience: what if that happened to me?
Catastrophe
Cleaning or purging of emotions.
Catharsis
What was the festival of Dionysus?
Athenians held this festival to honor Dionysus. And it often included dances, dramatics, presentations, ect.
What were the competitions?
They were competitions between playwrights who wrote plays based on well known myths. There would be separate competitions for a tragedy and a comedy.
When was Antigone written?
C. 440BC
Hyporcrites
Actors in a Greek drama
What did the actors wear to identify their characters?
They wore elaborate masks and costumes.
What never happened on stage?
Violence or irreverence because they didn’t want to disrespect the gods.
Orchestra?
Round stage
What was the building on the stage called?
The skene
What would they use for special effects?
They would use devices to imitate thunder, a wheeled platform rolled out of a skene to show so,etching that had taken place indoors, and the machine which was some type of lifting arm to mount on top of a skene and bring in the gods miraculously.
A group of singers which helps the audience interpret the play. They also would represent the townspeople in Antigone.
Chorus
Leader from the chorus
Choragus
