MAPEH Western Classical Plays and Opera

Question 1

Great dramas were produced in Athens as early in the 5th century BC.

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Greek Theater

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Famous Writers of Tragedies

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Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides

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An imitation through action rather than narration of a serious, complete, and ample action.

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Tragedy

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The Persians (472 BCE) by

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Aeschylus

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Antigone (442 BCE) and Oedipus Rex (c. 430 BCE) by

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Sophocles

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Medea (431 BCE) by

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Euripides

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their way to comment and criticize their government and politicians.

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Comedy

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Comedy derives from the word Comus, which is the

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Greek god of laughter, joke, and revelry.

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Lighter than a tragedy and heavier than a comedy comparable in spirit to a vulgar satire or lampoon.

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Satyric drama/ tragicomedy

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A cursed family whose members try to escape their fate.

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Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

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Based on the myth of the titan Prometheus who was punished by Zeus for introducing fire to mankind.

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Prometheus Bound (usually attributed to Aeschylus

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Considered by many as an early feminist text.

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Medea by Euripides

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A morality tale against pride, focusing on the story of the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta.

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Antigone by Sophocles

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This comedy about the Peloponnesian War.

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Lysistrata by Aristophanes

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Considered as the greatest playwright

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Shakespeare

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The most popular form of Romantic play.

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Melodrama

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Most popular playwright in English Renaissance theater.

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Shakespeare

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about men and women with strong and weak qualities

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Shakespeare’s stories

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the literary and artistic movement that dominated Europe during most of the 1800s.

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Romanticism

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Derived from the Greek word melos, which means

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music

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Uses stock characters such as the damsel in distress and the villain, and its plot usually uses surprising encounters and unexpected coincidences.

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Melodrama

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The French Romantic theater attempted to combine tragedy and comedy, as exemplified in the plays by Victor Hugo and Alfred de Musset.

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Tragicomedy

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Another popular theatrical form during the Romantic period.

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Opera

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Musicians and singer stage a dramatic performance

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Opera

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Acting accompanied by a small musical ensemble or an orchestra.

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Opera

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Nationalism and Exoticism of foreign lands and cultures were some of the common themes of Romantic operas.

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Opera

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Constructed a strict pattern, aiming at theatrical effectiveness and neatness of plot.

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Well-made Play (piece bien faite)

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a theatrical form that dominated European and American stages for most of the 1800s

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Well-made Play (piece bien faite)