live thearte Flashcards

Question

How is Clytemnestras murder different?

Answer 1

Agamemnon killed his daughter for the good of the country Orestes killed his mother as a 'just' crime Clytemnestra condemned for killing.... Why?

Answer 2

``` Why is Clytemnestra demonised? Is it more shocking if a woman kills? Why are we not shocked if a man commits murder? Does anyone deserve death? Modern rules vs Greek rules - anything changed? What is justice? What is civilised? Why are woman silenced? Who gets power and why? ```

Answer 3

Men Agamemnon and his cousin Aegisthus discussed but not seen

Answer 4

focus attentions on the women

Answer 5

Her duty to announce her father's murder and shame her brother into carrying out retribution

Answer 6

Audience empathise with him

Answer 7

Why are we less surprised when men kill? Why in war do we treat men as more disposable? Why are men supposed to be brave? Why are men encouraged not to cry or care? Can we question gender roles?

Answer 8

'does anyone deserve death?' | 'if someone committed a crime should they be punished?

Answer 9

Women who become spoils of war, kidnapped, imprisoned and raped Women stolen by ISIS

Answer 10

``` working class voice Women throughout history who have raised the children of the more powerful ```

Answer 11

Greek messenger

Answer 12

emotive information given in a clinical dispassionate voice | Audience hear graphic details without emotion

Answer 13

Distract the furies and audience

Answer 14

2012 Olympics | People brought together and became happy?

Answer 15

Height of passion can switch instantly to the depths of hatred

Answer 16

Is anger needed?

Answer 17

``` Blood death hurt justice anger ```

Answer 18

``` tearing of cheeks with fingernails self-laceration beating of breasts ripping of clothes tearing of hair ```

Answer 19

occasionally one of the women bursts forward, exploding and dangerous as if to attack. The other two women restrain them and calm them

Answer 20

pretending to be stereotypical heiress and glide gracefully about the room holding pose after pose

Answer 21

Juxtapose each other

Answer 22

still-planted: will bend but not move vocally slow and tonally narrow scarf wrapped around neck with long drape of cloth front and back

Answer 23

``` wide-eyed fidgety feet light/sustained long, heavy arms scarf held in hands ```

Answer 24

planted feet small, circular movements heavy and sustained scarf over right shoulder

Answer 25

``` angular body clenched fists hunched shoulders strong and direct scarf draped over shoulders like a towel ```

Answer 26

palms out elbows in light and direct scarf over head

Answer 27

``` lead from chest arms held like carrying 2 handbags direct and light hip popped scarf over arms ```

Answer 28

Greek citizens

Answer 29

Up until now she's decided how to use the fabric Walked on it to deliver victory speech adorns herself in it after killing husband Now overwhelmed by it, unable to free herself from this symbol of power and sovereignty

Answer 30

``` Prologue - audience told the entire plot Parade Song of vengeance Ten year war ends - queen speech king returns from war story of Cassandra I love you to death song King murdered Story of Iphigenia Parade Story of Orestes Story of Electra Orestes comes home Nurse encourages Orestes Murder of queen ```

Answer 31

Audience know what's going to happen

Answer 32

Lights on and no-one leaves the stage

Answer 33

Chorus poses e/g muscly men popping muscles

Answer 34

Prologue - frozen images of happy family into killing spree

Answer 35

Chinese whispers love song parades

Answer 36

``` Breaking 4th wall Unison Chorus Canon Cross-gender Freezing Microphone Multi-rolling Narration Puppets ```

Answer 37

Song of Vengeance = list of questions to audience

Answer 38

Furies rewind specific moments | 'What did he say?'

Answer 39

Clytemnestra speech - finally being heard | Police report - no emotion

Answer 40

'The old powerful men of Mycenae praise the return of their beloved king'

Answer 41

``` fragile, easily breakable puppet balloon and opaque cloth account of her death audience judge if it was just held at edge - floating ```

Answer 42

colour sacrifice, bad omens, darkness and power

Answer 43

colour of blood, royalty, money

Answer 44

stereo-typically feminine hoops red caged/suppressed

Answer 45

Used to change character

Answer 46

eyes of furies = black holes | spider-like black lines from their eyes

Answer 47

no divide between actors and audience | audience lit by houselights

Answer 48

distraction red flags red gymnastic ribbons small cymbals

Answer 49

red heart-shaped sunglasses red heart-shaped umbrellas step ladder

Answer 50

``` love song juxtaposition to song distraction visual pleasure masks the furies eyes ```

Answer 51

raised statues

Answer 52

red curtain | red rope

Answer 53

``` Only used by Clytemnestra path for her husband drapes herself once husband killed trapped in it before being killed represents power - she thinks she controls it but it controls her ```

Answer 54

surprise entrances from the watchman, clytemnestra and the old men

Answer 55

furies ceremonially cloak Cassandra in it - furies tied to Cassandra and she is tied in blood Furies trap Electra in the fabric - remove the fabric from her hands when Orestes arrives, she symbolically shares her burden

Answer 56

restrains actors - furied can't cross Clytemnestra crosses the rope freely Orestes tightrope walks it Furies remove the rope/boundary at close

Answer 57

'Is equality working out?' | 'This is what you get when you educate a woman'

Answer 58

'does it change your opinion of Agamemnon if you know she was willing to die?'

Answer 59

'your memory is an unreliable version of the truth'

Answer 60

'women have no power here' 'your father was not here' 'i led those people, me, not him'

Answer 61

'the prologue' | 'death'

Answer 62

'what could possibly go wrong?' | 'shame' (sarcasm)

Answer 63

tempo increase and louder dynamics on 'scandal is so incredibly distracting'

Answer 64

'this is a Greek tragedy so there's no happily ever after'

Answer 65

'queen steps down from podium'

Answer 66

'The actor playing Queen Clytemnestra has finished her rant'