Revision for Midterm Flashcards
What is the line separating the Apron from the rest of the stage?
Proscenium line
In the Early Middle Ages, what is the Church’s response to theater?
The Church discourages theater
What is the meaning of the passage and who says it: “ Truly, the tree yields bad fruit” (38) ?
Touchstone and he is making fun of Orlando’s poetry
What are the three types of Irony ?
Dramatic Irony, Situational Irony, Verbal Irony.
Tiresias, the blind man, “sees” the best. What form of irony is this?
Situational irony
What is the purpose of the Chorus in Antiquity drama?
To represent the audience’s interrogations and reactions.
What are the three unities of Greek tragedy?
Unity of action, unity of time, unity of place
Which part of the stage is the most important one?
Downstage center
What writing festival did Sophocles win several times?
The City Dionysia
What was the name of Shakespeare’s theatre company?
The Lord Chamberlain’s Man / the King’s Men
Why does Oedipus wants to find the former King’s killer?
To save Thebes and its citizens
What does the comedy focus on?
The fortunes of the community.
Complete the sentence:
Tragedy focuses on the misfortunes of __________________.
the individual
“The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly”
a) Who speaks this passage?
b) What is it’s significance?
a) Touchstone
b) The line expresses Touchstone’s role as a fool in the court in which he cannot speak freely and must navigate carefully in order to no anger the people of the court
What is Verbal Irony ?
When someone means the opposite of what they are saying. E.g.: When Celia refers to Orlando as a “brave man” but then proceeds to mock him (page 49) or when Touchstone says: “Praise the gods for thy foulness” (page 47).
What is a catharsis?
The cleansing of the pity and fear.
What are the two famous theaters
- The Globe
- The Blackfriar
According to Aristotle, why should the reader feel fear in a tragedy?
The main character should resemble the reader, so they fear the same downfall
When does theatre become secular?
During the Renaissance
Who is suspected of being Laius’ muderer in Act II ? (In Oedipus Rex)
Oedipus
Were women allowed to play in theaters in Shakespeare’s time?
- No.
Identify who says the following lines, at which moment of the story and what are their relevance: “Meantime, forget this new-fallen dignity/ And fall into our rustic revelry./Play music! And you, brides and bridegrooms all,/With measure heap’d in joy, to the measures fall.”
Duke Senior says these lines at the end of Act V, at the moment of the celebration. He encourages everyone to have fun before they go back to the real life at the court.
According to Aristotle, why should the reader feel pity in a tragedy?
The punishment should far exceed the mistake.
Who were the actors during antiquity drama? (male or female)
Male
