Tragedy Flashcards

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Who is the father of tragedy and what contribution did he give to tragedy

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Thespis, added the fist actor to play

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What is the Dithyramb

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Original version of chorus, 59 men dancing and singing

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Who added the second character

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Aeschylus

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Who is the author of Oedipus and what was his contribution

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Sophocles, added third character

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Who produced the plays

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The state

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What u the choregus

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Wealthy citizen who payed for production

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Who was the playwrite

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The first actor

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What is the idea of catharsis

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To arouse pity and fear through the change of the status in the main character

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What is Harmartia

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Heros main weakness

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What is peripctia

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Reversal of fortune

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What is anagnorisis

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The recognition that the reversal was brought about by the Heros own actions

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What is the beginning action before the chorus

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Prologue

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What is it called when the chorus enters

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Parados

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What is the action that takes place between choral odds

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Episodes

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What’s a choral ode

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Stasima

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Where does the audience sit

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The theatron

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Where does the dancing and the singing of the chorus take place

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Orchestra

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What’s the sacrificial alter

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Thymele

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What’s the entrance ways for the chorus

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Parados

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Area were most acting takes place

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Procession

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Dressing room building

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Skene