Sophocles and Antigone

Question 1

Sophocles

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introduced important innovations to the stage

Question 2

Sophocles

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he broke the tradition of using only 2 actors; adding a 3rd resulted in more complicated relationships and intricate dialogue between characters.

Question 3

sophocles

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he reduced the role of the chorus; and placed more on actors; and chorus commented on action and establishing tone.

Question 4

sophocles

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he was the first to write plays with specific actors in mind.

Question 5

oedipus

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considered the most influential drama ever written.

Question 6

antigone

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was written in 441 bc

Question 7

greek tragedies

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were divided into 5 parts

Question 8

prologue

Answer 8

opening speech or dialogue

Question 9

parados

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chorus makes first entrance

Question 10

episodia

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follow parados, characters engage in dialogue

Question 11

stasimon

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a choral ode

Question 12

exodus

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last scene

Question 13

right to left

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strophe

Question 14

left to right

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antistrophe

Question 15

tragedy

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presents courageous individuals who confront powerful forces within or outside themselves with a dignity that reveals the breadth and depth of the human spirit in the face of failure, defeat, and even death.

Question 16

protagonist of a play

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a great man or woman brought from happiness to agony

Question 17

greek tragedy

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the fate of the community is linked with the protagonist.

Question 18

protagonist

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noble birth, monarchial values, nobility of character is more important that inherited titles or priveleges.

Question 19

hamartia

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protagonsits, despite completing a goal making them admirable in society, they cannot escape some error that brings them misfortune.

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examples of hamartia

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excess of pride, ambition, passion, and any other trait that leads to disaster.

Question 21

Catharis

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relief/purgation of the emotions of pity and fear.

Question 22

greek belief of death

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greeks believed that the dead’s soul would never be at rest until the body is buried.

Question 23

Motive

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a persons reason for doing something which helps us understand the character and gives us insight into the events taking place.

Question 24

Myth

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traditional religious story that explains the origins of natural phenomena and defines the values of the people who believe them

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norse myth

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consists of stories that were told in scandanavia and Germany for thousands of years.

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legend

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a story about extraordinary deeds that have been recounted for generations among a group of people

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Arthurian legend

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as we know it today; emerged gradually over time as storytellers told and retold popular tales about a great chief who mysteriously disappeared but promised to return when his people needed him.

Question 28

sir Thomas mallory

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he was knight, soldier, and member of british parliament; and spend last 20 years of his life in jail

Question 29

end of fuldal order

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caused by conventional gun power and rise of middle class

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chronological order

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order, in which a sequence of predictable events occur

Question 31

flashback

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interrupts the present action to show events that happened in the past.

Question 32

romantic literature

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stories describing the adventures of knights and heroes.

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chivalry

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code of behavior for a knight; brave, honorable, loyal, pious, generous to foes, help the weak, and protector of women.