Roman/ Midevil Flashcards

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The roman audiences were

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Drunk and loud

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What changes did the Romans make to the orchestra, parados, and the face of the skene?

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Orchestra- more of a semicircle, parados-built a covered walkway called a volmatorium, skene- bigger; added carvings of Dionysus life

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What type of plays were popular among the roman audiences?

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Comedies- performed on the streets for the commons

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Who is Plautus?

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Low brawl comedy; stock characters

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Who is Terrance?

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High brawl comedy for the upper class

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Who is Seneca?

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Closet tragedies; first to give revenge and ghost

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Mystery plays were

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Cycle plays that tell the stories from the bible.

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Miracle plays were

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About saints or Christ

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Morality plays were

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Good v evil; fictionalization of bible stories; battles over souls

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Passion plays were

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The passion of the Christ

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What are the structures used in the medieval play when theater took place inside the church?

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Mansions, holes in the floor, etc

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Where was the hell hole located in the church?

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The left to the priest

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What was heaven in the church?

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The right of the priest

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What was earth in the church?

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The middle

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Describe the special effects used for the hell mouth and heaven

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Heaven- machines; hell- trap doors, smoke

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What are the structures used for medieval plays produced in town squares and courtyards?

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Little mansions

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The significance of the ceiling and the floor?

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Ceiling- heaven floor- hell

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What are vices in morality plays?

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Evil characters; the 7 deadly sins

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What are virtues in the morality plays?

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Good characters

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Liturgy-

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Worldly; outside the church

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Allegory-

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Having to do with the church

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How mansions and pageant wagons differ?

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Mansions- used in church’s; pageant wagons- used on streets

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Explain the connection between the guilds and the mystery plays?

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Guilds promoted mystery plays when they started performing outside the church; advertising

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What was the great chain of being?

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Established an order that can’t be broken

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What was the philosophical nature of mid evil man?

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The wealthy were better

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Describe common mans plight in the dark ages

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An animal

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How does the common mans illiteracy contribute to the rise of theater

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It was the only was to get the stories from the bible to them, since it was only communicated though Latin