Miles Gloriosus + Roman Comedy

Question 1

What is the idea behind the Pseudolus archetype?

Answer 1

false light; the characters we consider good do bad things but we don’t label them as villains because they do bad things for good reasons

Question 2

What is fabula palliata?

Answer 2

comedy in foreign dress; ex: a funny thing happened (comedy about ancient rome for a 1960s audience)

Question 3

What is fabula togata?

Answer 3

comedy in roman dress; toga comedies; comedy meant for a certain audience; ex: seinfeld

Question 4

What is contaminatio?

Answer 4

combination of elements

Question 5

What is ephesus?

Answer 5

a town in the Roman Empire; “keeping the place indeterminate”

Question 6

What is the plot of The Grouchy Old Man?

Answer 6

dying man loves his pot of gold and daughter. young man goes through rigorous tests that prove his love for the daughter. he gets both gold and daughter.

Question 7

What is the passive agon in Miles Gloriosus?

Answer 7

corruption by the privileged

Question 8

What does ‘comic anti-hero’ refer to?

Answer 8

the hero that does bad things for good reasons