Midterm Flashcards
written to be performed and watched
drama
when was drama popular adn redefined?
renaissance
who was drama developed by?
ancient greeks
who was more interested in comedy than drama?
romans
who made the 5 elements for tragedy?
aristotle
what are the 5 tragic elements?
protagonist has to have noble stature protagonist has to have a tragic flaw tragic flaw leads to a downfall action of play evokes emotion of pity and fear catharsis
catharsis
emotional cleansing
tragic hero has…
everything then loses everything
leader of the chorus
choragos
who wrote oedipus rex, oedipus at colonus, and antigone
sophocles
changes in drama from then to now
technology musicals vs. plays vs. opera condensed imagination was richer back then attention spans
who played women during shapesperean times?
teenage boys
when was the first actress
1666
oedipus’s family tree
jocasta and her husband have a son oedipus. oedipus kills his father and marries his mother and has 4 kids: eteocles, polynieces, antigone, and ismene. jocasta’s brother creon, wife is Eurydice, has a son Hamon who is Antigone’s fiance
what is creon’s tragic flaw?
he puts his will over the gods’ will
why did eteocles and polynieces go to war
they were going to alternate years of being king, but eteocles did so well his first year that polynieces wasn’t going to get a turn. they both die in burial, polynieces doesn’t get proper burial
why is there so much suicide
tragic hero has everything then loses everything
who found antigone dead?
hamon
what did the 3 women in the easter dialogue song represent?
the 3 Marys
what are the 3 types of easter dialogue songs
mystery- burning bush
miralce- lives of saints
morality- vices and virtues
mystery, miracle, and morality lead to
guild plays
when did the plays get out of the church?
with the guild plays
when do plays become more secular?
with the guild plays
who opens the first public theater?
James Burbage in 1576 in London named Theater
when does burbage die
1599
who does Burbage give Theater to?
his sons Richard and Cuthbert
who do richard and cuthbert hire?
Peter Street, who was an engineer/carpenter who helps them find a new location called The Globe
what was the first play in The globe?
Julius Caesar
focus on humanity and not as much God
secular
why and when does the Globe burn down?
1613 bc of special effects in Henry VII
when was the globe rebuilt
1614, Shakespeare retires
when does shakespeare die
1616
what happens in 1642?
Puritans come to power with Oliver Cromwell and close all public theaters
when is the Globe destroyed (razed) and replaced by public housing?
1644
when and who raises money to rebuild the globe?
sam wanamaker(american actor, director, producer) in 1970
after he wanamaker has money, what happens
british gov’t doesn’t allow him to bild until 1989
when was the rebuilt globe’s first play
1997, Henry V
what is where the Globe was and what do they have td do
brewery, move it 250 yards up the Thames
what were the 3 main parts of the original globe?
stage
backstage
seating area
what is the theater season?
april-october
what did the globe do in the winter?
move to indoor theater call Black Friars
short personal story that leads to a larger point
antecdote
an opinion, arguable point
thesis
the way in which something is said, the attitude that a poet uses to get his or her idea across in a particular subject
tone
speaker vs. narrator
speaker is found in poetry
narrator is found in short stories, novels, etc.
wrote in 14 lines, iamic pantameter, usually about love
sonnet
why are there 14 lines in a sonnet
believed bc of the stations of the cross
what are the 3 types of sonnets?
Italian/petrachan, Shakespearan/English, Spensarian
what is included in a italian sonnet
octave, sestet
eight lines- asks question, poses a problem
octave
six lines, the turn, going to answer the question or solve the problem
sestet
rhyme scheme for octave in an italian sonnet
abbabba
rhyme scheme for sestet in an italian sonnet
cdcdcd or cdecde
what is included in shakespearan sonnet
3 quatrians and 1 couplet
