Midterm Flashcards
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written to be performed and watched
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drama
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when was drama popular adn redefined?
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renaissance
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who was drama developed by?
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ancient greeks
4
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who was more interested in comedy than drama?
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romans
5
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who made the 5 elements for tragedy?
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aristotle
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what are the 5 tragic elements?
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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
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catharsis
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emotional cleansing
8
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tragic hero has…
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everything then loses everything
9
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leader of the chorus
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choragos
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who wrote oedipus rex, oedipus at colonus, and antigone
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sophocles
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changes in drama from then to now
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technology musicals vs. plays vs. opera condensed imagination was richer back then attention spans
12
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who played women during shapesperean times?
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teenage boys
13
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when was the first actress
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1666
14
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oedipus’s family tree
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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
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what is creon’s tragic flaw?
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he puts his will over the gods’ will
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why did eteocles and polynieces go to war
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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
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why is there so much suicide
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tragic hero has everything then loses everything
18
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who found antigone dead?
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hamon
19
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what did the 3 women in the easter dialogue song represent?
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the 3 Marys
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what are the 3 types of easter dialogue songs
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mystery- burning bush
miralce- lives of saints
morality- vices and virtues
21
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mystery, miracle, and morality lead to
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guild plays
22
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when did the plays get out of the church?
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with the guild plays
23
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when do plays become more secular?
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with the guild plays
24
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who opens the first public theater?
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James Burbage in 1576 in London named Theater
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when does burbage die
1599
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who does Burbage give Theater to?
his sons Richard and Cuthbert
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who do richard and cuthbert hire?
Peter Street, who was an engineer/carpenter who helps them find a new location called The Globe
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what was the first play in The globe?
Julius Caesar
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focus on humanity and not as much God
secular
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why and when does the Globe burn down?
1613 bc of special effects in Henry VII
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when was the globe rebuilt
1614, Shakespeare retires
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when does shakespeare die
1616
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what happens in 1642?
Puritans come to power with Oliver Cromwell and close all public theaters
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when is the Globe destroyed (razed) and replaced by public housing?
1644
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when and who raises money to rebuild the globe?
sam wanamaker(american actor, director, producer) in 1970
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after he wanamaker has money, what happens
british gov't doesn't allow him to bild until 1989
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when was the rebuilt globe's first play
1997, Henry V
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what is where the Globe was and what do they have td do
brewery, move it 250 yards up the Thames
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what were the 3 main parts of the original globe?
stage
backstage
seating area
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what is the theater season?
april-october
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what did the globe do in the winter?
move to indoor theater call Black Friars
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short personal story that leads to a larger point
antecdote
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an opinion, arguable point
thesis
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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
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speaker vs. narrator
speaker is found in poetry
| narrator is found in short stories, novels, etc.
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wrote in 14 lines, iamic pantameter, usually about love
sonnet
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why are there 14 lines in a sonnet
believed bc of the stations of the cross
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what are the 3 types of sonnets?
Italian/petrachan, Shakespearan/English, Spensarian
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what is included in a italian sonnet
octave, sestet
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eight lines- asks question, poses a problem
octave
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six lines, the turn, going to answer the question or solve the problem
sestet
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rhyme scheme for octave in an italian sonnet
abbabba
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rhyme scheme for sestet in an italian sonnet
cdcdcd or cdecde
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what is included in shakespearan sonnet
3 quatrians and 1 couplet
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4 lines of poetry
quatrian
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2 lines of poerty, the turn
couplet
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what is the rhyme scheme for quatrain in a shakespearan sonnet?
abab, cdcd, efef
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what is th rhyme scheme for couplet in a shakepearan sonnet
gg
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what is included in a spensarian sonnet?
3 quatrians, 1 couplet
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what is the rhyme scheme for quatrian in a spensarian sonnet?
abab, bcbc, cdcd
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what rhyme scheme for couplet in a spensarian sonnet
ee
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which sonnet is simliar to another one?
spensarian is simialr to shakespearian
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general feeling, the atmosphere the whole poem makes, how do you feel when you read the poem
mood
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are narratives, has an epic hero who is on a journey or quest to gain something of hgih importance for himslef or his culture
epic poem
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tells a story
narrative
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where does the odyssey take place
ancient greece
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major charcter of a story
protagonist
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who are the portagonists in the odyssey
Odysseus, Penelope, Telemakos
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person, place or thing that creates conflict
antagonist
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counterpoint to a main character in a play, story, etc
foil
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who was the ruler when jesus was born
caesar augustus/octavius caesar
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who formed the First Triumvirate?
julius caesar, crassus, and pompey
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who was the greatest military general in roman history
pompey
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who was a land speculator and military leader and richest in rome
crassus
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Caesar was a good military general in
Rhodes
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who can't stand each other
crassus and pompey
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who ran rome
senate
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was there an emperor
no
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who can't agree, therefore nothing gets done?
the senate
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what is the main goal of the First Triumvirate?
to put an end to the strangle hold the senate has on politics, they want to start to get someting done
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what did the first triumvirate do after they gained power
used it for themselves and became leaders of rome
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what's the story behind caesar's wives
his first wife during childbirth with the child, so he married Calpurna, but she can't have children so they adopt his nephew Octavius
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how does crassus die
tries to expand roman empire and gets killed in war
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where does caesar go to expand roman empire
gaul(france) and britain
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when caesar gets more popular from gaul and britain, who gets jealosu
pompey
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how does caesar lose his power
pompey gets the senate to turn against caesar, and his power is stripped
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what does caesar do in retaliation against pompey
he brings his army and attacks him. most of pompey's army joins caesar's army. pompey goes to egypt and is assassinated by one of caesar's fans
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where else does caesar conquer before going back to rome
spain
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who wasn't trustworthy during this time
skinny people
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why do the conspirators need brutus
he's respected by the people, he's close with caesar
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why do they want to kill caesar
he's going to become emperor and make everyone his slaves
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why does brutus join
for the good of rome
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____ writes letters from ____ and throws them out _____'s window
cassius
townspeople
brutus
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what are the people supposed to be celebrating when caesar returns
feast of fertility
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what is used in the first scene of the play that only takes one person
mob mentality
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who is an introvert
brutus
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who is jealous of caesar in the conspirators
cassius
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who tells the story of the crown being offered to caesar and he rejected it
casca
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was casca's story biased
yes, "for my own part..."
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brutus's wife
from a political family
stands up to brutus
portia
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caesar's wife
| stereotypical wife
calpurnia
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not convincing someone you're right
| trying to get someone to see something in a different light
persuasion
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types of irony
verbal
dramatic
situational
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audience knows something and the actor doesn't
dramatic
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totally unexpected ex: fire in firehouse
situational
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say one thing meaning another
verbal
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who starts a civil war against brutus and cassius
marc antony and octavius
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what is caesar's tragic flaw
ambition
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cassius' tragic flaw
ambition
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brutus's tragic flaw
overanalysis
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who gives caesar a letter with a list of conspirators
artemedoris
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when does brutus disagree with cassius
oath
kill marc antony
marc antony speaking at caesar's funeral
stay on hill
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how did people get servants
POWs
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who is the only one to see Caesar's ghost
brutus
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drama that brings about a happy ending
comedy
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why did aristotle think comedy was good?
you let out emotion instead of locking itup inside
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how did drama start
it was dancing, and the choragos told the audience what the dance steps mean
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how did tragedies start
the guy with a goatskin told a story
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visually descriptive or figurative language
imagery
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
metaphor
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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like or as
simile
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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
personification
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the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
rhyme scheme
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where the event takes place
setting
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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
stanza
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the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
theme
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use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.
symbol
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noble and brave and is affected by great events or admired for his achievements.
epic hero
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
alliteration
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
allusion
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always used to identify something , group of adjectives
epithet
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using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful
figurative language
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a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
rhythme
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is a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats. It is also called a foot. Each foot has a certain number of syllables in it, usually two or three syllables.
meter
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iambic pantameter
stressed/unstressed
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a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story
flashback
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foreshadowing
be a warning or indication of (a future event).
